Highwood House

Highwood House is an early 19th-century mansion. It is constructed of stucco with a band at the eaves and between the two storeys. The main facade features a three-window central section (with the first-floor window on the left side blocked), flanked by one-window, full-height projecting square bays. These bays have very flat pediments at their tops, and a one-storey wing to the right, which is top-lit. The ground-floor windows of the bays and wing are set in round-headed recesses, each adorned with the head of a lion. Similar lion heads appear above the first-floor side windows of the central block. A semi-circular porch supported by two Ionic columns is also present.

The house is of group value, partly due to its historical significance; it was the home of Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore, Governor of Java, and the founder and first president of the Zoological Society, shortly before his death in 1826.