Former Supreme Court Building

E546586

The Former Supreme Court Building is a historic neoclassical courthouse in Singapore’s Civic District that once housed the nation’s highest judicial body and now forms part of the National Gallery Singapore.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Former Supreme Court Building canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf courthouse ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
landmark in Singapore ⓘ
adjacentTo City Hall ⓘ
Old Parliament House ⓘ
architect Frank Dorrington Ward ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
city Singapore ⓘ
client Public Works Department of Singapore ⓘ
contains central rotunda ⓘ
former courtrooms ⓘ
former judges’ chambers ⓘ
prisoner holding cells ⓘ
country Singapore ⓘ
currentUse art museum space ⓘ
exhibition galleries ⓘ
faces St Andrew’s Road ⓘ
formerFunction Supreme Court of Singapore ⓘ
highest judicial body of Singapore ⓘ
functionEnd 2005 ⓘ
functionStart 1940 ⓘ
governingBody National Heritage Board ⓘ
hasColonnade true ⓘ
hasDome true ⓘ
hasFrieze bas-relief of historical lawgivers ⓘ
hasPortico true ⓘ
hasSculpture Justice and Law allegorical figures ⓘ
heritageStatus conserved building ⓘ
national monument of Singapore ⓘ
locatedIn Central Area ⓘ
Civic District ⓘ
Downtown Core ⓘ
material granite ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ
near Asian Civilisations Museum ⓘ
Singapore River ⓘ
The Padang ⓘ
Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall ⓘ
numberOfStoreys 4 ⓘ
openedAsPartOfNationalGallery 2015 ⓘ
operator National Gallery Singapore ⓘ
overlooks Padang ⓘ
ownedBy Government of Singapore ⓘ
partOf Civic District heritage cluster ⓘ
linked to: Civic District

National Gallery Singapore ⓘ
roofFeature copper-clad dome ⓘ
significance key component of National Gallery Singapore’s architecture ⓘ
symbol of Singapore’s judicial history ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Civic District → hasLandmark → Former Supreme Court Building ⓘ