Tyersall Park

Tyersall Park
Tyersall, Singapore – c.1910
Type	Historical landmark
Location	Singapore
Nearest city	Tanglin, Singapore
Coordinates	1°18′44″N 103°48′40″E / 1.3122°N 103.8111°E / 1.3122; 103.8111
Area	24.4 hectares (60 acres) (mid-1800s–2009)
Founded	mid-1800s
Built	mid-1800s
Built for	John Dill Ross/Jr. (Woodneuk) (approx. mid-1800s–1860) William Napier (Tyersall) (1854–1857) State of Johor (Tyersall Park) (1862–present)
Original use	Private residences (approx. mid-1800s–1862) Royal residence (1862–1990)
Demolished	Tyersall House: 1890 Woodneuk House: 1932 Istana Tyersall: 1935
Current use	Restricted property, some parts now part of the Singapore Botanic Gardens
Architect	Dato Yahya Awaluddin: Istana Tyersall (1892) Denis Santry: Istana Woodneuk (1935)
Owner	Johor (1862–present)  Singapore (1990–present)
Former location in Singapore

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Tyersall Park is an estate in Singapore, bound by Holland Road and Tyersall Avenue, and near the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Previously a private land belonging to the Sultan of Johor from 1862, some portions of it had been acquired by the Government of Singapore in 1990 and in 2009 respectively.

The property is generally restricted from the public (excluding the parts that have been acquired) and is fenced along Tyersall Avenue. The ring road known as Catterick Circle used to run through the estate, and was still shown on maps even after the late Sultan of Johor's former palaces were no longer charted on any modern maps of Singapore. Catterick Circle was officially removed from updated maps of Singapore in the 1990s.