Goodwood Park Hotel
Coordinates: 1°18′29.7″N 103°50′02″E / 1.308250°N 103.83389°E
| Goodwood Park Hotel 良木园酒店 | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 22 Scotts Road, Singapore 228221 |
| Opening | 1900 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Swan and Maclaren |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 233 |
| Number of restaurants |
Coffee Lounge L'Espresso Gordon Grill Min Jiang Deli Highland Bar Min Jiang at One-North |
| Website | |
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http://www.goodwoodparkhotel.com +65 6737 7411 | |
The Goodwood Park Hotel (Chinese: 良木园酒店) is a heritage hotel in Singapore, situated in a 6-hectare landscaped garden on Scotts Road. It was first built as the club house for the Teutonic Club serving the expatriate German community in Singapore, and later converted into a hotel.
The hotel was the first in Singapore to have a swimming-pool on the premises, and an air-conditioned wine cellar. The Tower Block of the hotel has been gazetted as a national monument of Singapore.[1]
Architecture
The Goodwood Park Hotel building was built in 1900 to the design of R. A. J. Bidwell, of Swan and Maclaren. Its architecture has an eclectic Victorian flavour, with its turrets and decorated façade. The Tower Block has elements of the Queen Anne Revival style, and the tower itself may have been influenced by those found on castles in Germany's Rhineland region.[1] The building was constructed for the sum of St$20,000.
History
The Teutonia Club was an exclusive enclave first established on 28 June 1856 for the expatriate German community in Singapore. The club was housed in a couple of different locations until it purchased a piece of land on Scotts Road in 1861 to build a club house. Additional plot of land adjacent to the site was later purchased to enlarge the compound and construct a new building for the club.[1] Construction of the new clubhouse began in 1899. On 21 September 1900, the new clubhouse opened as the Deutsches Haus (German House) with a ball attended by about 500 guests, including Sir Frank Swettenham, then Acting Governor of the Straits Settlements. However, when the First World War broke out, the British government in Singapore classified all Germans as enemy forces and shipped most of them to Australia. The Teutonia Club was then seized by the Custodian of Enemy Property.
In 1918, the building was auctioned off to three Jewish brothers - Morris, Ezekiel and Ellis Manasseh, who also bought the surrounding houses from the Custodian of Enemy Property. The Manassehs managed the property and renamed it as Goodwood Hall, after the famous Goodwood Racecourse in England. It served as a reception hall until 1 February 1922, when it was registered as a Restaurant-Cafe-Entertainment Palace.
In April 1929, the Manasseh brothers decided to turn the building into a hotel named the Goodwood Park Hotel.
During World War II the Goodwood Park Hotel became the headquarters of the Japanese Imperial Army. After the war, the Singapore War Crimes Court erected a tent on the grounds of Goodwood Park to conduct war crimes trials.
Ezekiel's stepson, Vivian Bath, took over proprietorship of the hotel in 1947. About $2.5 million was spent in revamping the hotel, and the renovations were completed in 1963. In that same year, Bath sold the hotel to the Malayan Banking Group. The Tower Wing was again extensively renovated in 1978. The hotel was extended in the same period to include more guest rooms and a hotel lobby, with 17 suites were added on the first floor, including the Brunei Suite. A new pinnacle replaced the original roof.
On 23 March 1989, the Tower Block of the Goodwood Park Hotel was gazetted as a national monument.
In late 2005, the hotel lobby was renovated to give it a modern look. In June 2013, Goodwood Park Hotel launched a renovated Mayfair Wing and rooms, refurbished at an estimated cost of SGD$2million. The Mayfair Wing has 77 rooms and suites over three floors, and a Balinese-inspired Mayfair Pool. The interior was designed by Ernesto Bedmar of Bedmar & Shi who was also responsible for the hotel’s past renovation and upgrading projects since the nineties.
Facilities
Goodwood Park Hotel has 233 rooms and suites which are divided into four wings - Lobby, Mayfair, Tower and Parklane. The hotel has two outdoor swimming pools (Main and Mayfair).
Food and Beverage outlets
Goodwood Park Hotel offers guests five restaurants.
References
- 1 2 3 "Goodwood Park Hotel (Tower Block)". Roots. National Heritage Board.
- National Heritage Board (2002), Singapore's 100 Historic Places, Archipelago Press, ISBN 981-4068-23-3
- Preservation of Monuments Board, Know Our Monuments
- Norman Edwards, Peter Keys (1996), Singapore - A Guide to Buildings, Streets, Places, Times Books International, ISBN 9971-65-231-5
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