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255 Jalan Besar

📍 Singapore
🗺️ D08 — Little India, Farrer Park
🚇 Farrer Park MRT (NE8)555 m, 7 min walk · Lavender MRT (EW11)597 m, 7 min walk · Jalan Besar MRT (DT22)631 m, 8 min walk
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About 255 Jalan Besar

255 Jalan Besar is a shophouse with apartments above at 255 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208928, in District 8 (Farrer Park, Serangoon Road). The directory had no address on file, but OneMap confirms the address and tags it with the label Petain Road/Tyrwhitt Road Conservation Area. It is managed by MCST 2021. The shophouse is on the odd-numbered side of Jalan Besar, facing the row at 256 to 260 across the road.

Interesting facts

  • URA describes the shophouses of the Jalan Besar conservation area as mostly two storeys tall, in the Late, Transitional and Art Deco styles, mixing European, Eastern and local influences.

  • Petain Road was named in 1928 after a French commander of the First World War. Its terrace houses were earmarked for preservation in 1981, ten years before the wider area was gazetted.

  • The New World Amusement Park opened off Jalan Besar on 1 August 1923 and closed in 1987.

Nearby

Farrer Park MRT station (NE8) is roughly ten minutes away on foot, and Bendemeer (DT23) is a similar distance to the east. Jalan Besar MRT station, despite its name, is at the far southern end of the road near Berseh Food Centre.

Key facts

  • Address: 255 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208928

  • District: District 8 (Farrer Park, Serangoon Road)

  • Property type: Shophouse with apartments

  • Conservation: within Petain Road/Tyrwhitt Road conservation area (OneMap label)

  • Nearest MRT: Farrer Park (NE8), Bendemeer (DT23)

  • MCST: 2021