Melaka Townhouse Characteristics

•Terraced Buildings
•Single, two or three storey
•Narrow fronts and deep rears
•Two or three blocks separated with air wells and with or without rear court
•Shop at front block of ground floor. Family dining, kitchen, bath room & toilet at rear block Family accommodation at first floor and/or second floor
•Internal timber structure : up-stair’s floor board, ceiling & roof structure, doors & windows
•Load bearing brick & brick party walls
•Clay brick/terracotta roof profile
•External five-footway below upstairs room
•Building print up to street line (no set-back)
•Lime plaster and lime-wash paint