•Terraced Buildings (some time detached building could be found outside urban areas)
•Single, two or three storey
•Narrow fronts and deep rears
•Two or three blocks separated with airwells and with or without fore court & rear court
•Living rooms at front block & praying alter in second block of ground floor. Family dining, kitchen, bath room & toilet at rear block Bedrooms at first floor and/or second floor

•Internal timber structure : up-stair’s floor board, ceiling & roof structure, doors & windows 

British Period Chinese Town Houses, Jalan Bukit China (1920s). Utilitarian Style

Chinese Courtyard Mansion (1850s-1900s)

Cross Section of A typical Town Houses in Penang & Malacca.

Cut and Paste Chinese Porcelain (Chien Nien) Motif on the façade of Peranakan Town Houses

Private Verandah of Malacca Town Houses

Decorative Floor Tiles

 


Dutch Period Chinese Style (1850s-1900s)

Dutch Period Early Malacca Town House, Jonker Street

Air Well (inner court) in Malacca Town Houses for ventilation & lighting

Early Malacca Town House, Jalan Bukit Cina

Early Straits Eclectic Style (1880s – 1910s)

Early Straits Eclectic Style, Early 1920s

Contemporary design of inner court (air well) in Malacca Town Houses  

Late Straits Eclectic Style (1910s-1930s)

  Late Straits Eclectic Style, 1930s

Late Straits Eclectic Style, Late 1920s

Late Straits Eclectic Style, Late 1920s

Late Straits Eclectic Style, late 1920s

Lip Window, Malacca Early Town House

Late Straits Eclectic Style, Late 1920s

Malacca Peranakan Town Houses, Heeren Street

Malay Town Houses, Kampung Ketek / Kampung Hulu

Southern Chinese Eclectic Style Town Houses, Jonker Street

Southern Chinese Style

 Terracotta Floor Tiles







Malacca Early Town House, 1850s