Goodwood Hill and the Claymore Enclave

Draycott 8 sits in one of the most storied corners of District 10, between Goodwood Hill and Claymore Hill, where colonial bungalows, a century-old hotel and two private clubs share the slopes.

Goodwood Hill Above Draycott 8

Goodwood Hill, about 360 metres from 8 Draycott Park on OneMap, takes its name from the Duke of Richmond’s Goodwood estate in Sussex. Around 1910 the Public Works Department built 26 black-and-white bungalows there for colonial officers, and the cluster still stands among the trees.

Goodwood Park Hotel, about 300 metres away on Scotts Road, opened in 1900 as the Teutonia Club. Its Tower Wing was gazetted a National Monument in 1989.

Conserved 2003

The Draycot bungalow.

A nineteenth-century house at the heart of Draycott 8, restored as the clubhouse.

Claymore and the Draycott 8 Bungalow

In the nineteenth century these hills formed William Scott’s Claymore estate, a nutmeg plantation whose name survives in Claymore Hill and Claymore Road. The developer’s map calls the area around Draycott Park the Claymore Hill enclave.

At the centre of Draycott 8 stands a nineteenth-century bungalow originally named Draycot. It was the home of James Robertson of Guthrie & Company, housed the General Officer Commanding, Singapore Base District after the Second World War, and from 1978 to 1995 was the Alliance Française. URA gave it conservation status in 2003, and it has been restored as the residents’ clubhouse.

Measured on OneMap (SLA) from 8 Draycott Park, 8 November 2026; routes on foot or by road are longer.

Clubs and Gardens Near Draycott 8

The Tanglin Club is the development’s neighbour on Stevens Road, and The American Club lies about 240 metres away on Claymore Hill. Singapore Botanic Gardens is about 1.6 kilometres to the west.

The amenities page describes the clubhouse today, and the developer page the heritage award Wing Tai lists for the development.