Goodwood Park Hotel
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 | Scotts Road, Singapore |
Address | 22 Scotts Road, Singapore 228221 |
Opening | 1900 |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 3 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | 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 | |
http://www.goodwoodparkhotel.com | |
Designated | 23 March 1989 |
Reference no. | 22 |
The Goodwood Park Hotel (
The hotel was the first in Singapore to have a
Architecture
The Goodwood Park Hotel building was built in 1900 to the design of
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
In 1918, the building was auctioned off by the Custodian of Enemy Property to three Jewish brothers – Morris, Ezekiel and Ellis Manasseh, who also bought five other houses behind it. The entire estate was renamed Goodwood Hall, after the famous Goodwood Racecourse in England.[2] A bar was added, as well as a restaurant and café, and it was registered in 1922 as a restaurant-café-entertainment establishment,[4] It served as a venues for social gatherings and entertainment, hosting for example a performance by the ballerina Anna Pavlova.[2] It also host sports amenities. In April 1929, the building was turned into a hotel named the Goodwood Park Hotel, with rooms added to the Tower Wing and the houses at the rear used as suites.[3]
During World War II, the Goodwood Park Hotel was used as a residence for high-ranking officers of the Japanese Imperial Army. After the war, the Singapore War Crimes Court conducted war crimes trials in a tent on the grounds of Goodwood Park.[3]
Ezekiel Manasseh died during the war as a prisoner of the Japanese, and the hotel was returned to Ezekiel's
On 23 September 1989, the Tower Block of the Goodwood Park Hotel was
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, including the one-Michelin-starred Alma by Juan Amador restaurant.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d "Goodwood Park Hotel (Tower Block)". Roots. National Heritage Board. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Goodwood Park Hotel". Singapore Infopedia. National Library Board.
- ^ ISBN 981-4068-23-3.
- ^ a b "History of Goodwood Park Hotel, an Iconic Heritage Hotel in Singapore". Goodwood Park Hotel.
- ^ "Singapore's Michelin-starred restaurants: All you need to know". The Straits Times. 21 July 2016.
- 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
External links
- Goodwood Park Hotel Singapore
- Worldhotels
- Goodwood Park Hotel Wedding Banquet Packages 2015
- Geographic data related to Goodwood Park Hotel at OpenStreetMap