Tyersal, the residence of the Sultan of Johor in Singapore, 1900

Singapore

The Sultan of Johor's Singapore residence, located adjacent to the west side of the Botanic Gardens, between Holland and Tyersall Roads, was a luxurious Victorian eclectic style palace built in 1892 by Sultan Abu Bakar. Destroyed by an electrical fire on September 10, 1905, it was never rebuilt.