The Draycott Maisonette Residences
Two-storey layouts with generous floor plates — a rare configuration in a freehold Orchard address.
The Draycott Maisonette—landed-style living across two levels.
A distinctive duplex residence with its own internal staircase, generous living spaces and sweeping views. Designed for buyers seeking the separation and scale of a landed home, with the convenience and security of prestigious District 10 living.
The Draycott in 1980: Inside the Original “Beauty in the Round” Architectural Feature
Step inside a rare September 1980 architectural feature documenting The Draycott’s original circular design, apartment concepts, maisonettes, penthouses and construction story.
Why the maisonette is a different asset from the rest of the tower
The maisonette at #40A is a 2,626 sqft duplex spread over two levels — a configuration that essentially does not exist in new freehold stock in the Orchard area. Two-storey apartments were a feature of a particular era of Singapore residential design and have not been built at this scale in prime District 10 for decades.
The practical difference is separation. Living, dining and entertaining sit on one level; the bedrooms sit on another. In a single-level 2,600 sqft apartment, the bedroom wing and the living space share the same acoustic and visual envelope. Across two floors they do not, which is why buyers coming out of landed housing tend to respond to this layout and struggle with conventional flats of identical size.
The internal stair also changes how the floor plate reads. Rather than one long corridor serving every room, each level has its own circulation, and the floor plates are generous enough that neither level feels like an attic or a basement. Four bedrooms plus a utility room fit without the compromise you normally accept in a duplex.
It is one unit. There is no second maisonette in the development, and no comparable duplex on the immediate streets, which makes direct comparables difficult to establish — the closest reference points are landed properties in the wider District 10 rather than apartments.
- Unit
- #40A
- Size
- 2,626 sqft across two levels
- Configuration
- Duplex, 4 bedrooms plus utility
- Tenure
- Freehold