JBCS is situated within the premises of the former
Guan Huat Dragon Kiln, one of the last two remaining
dragon kilns in Singapore. Guan Huat Dragon Kiln was set up in 1958 by Mr. Lee Yong Lee and his friends. They obtained permission from
the landlord of the present site to build a dragon kiln.

Mr. Lee
acquired his skill to build the kiln when he worked as a pottery
worker at the Goh Hak Soon Pottery Factory after
the Second World War. The Guan Huat Dragon Kiln measures 43 metres
long, 2.2 metres high and 2.5 metres wide.
In the past the dragon kiln was fired fortnightly to meet the
demand for latex cups needed by the rubber plantations which surrounded
the area around Jalan Bahar. Other wares fired in this kiln included
water containers, pipes, flower pots and crockery. Flower pots became
very saleable in the early 1970s. Decreasing demands for such wares
was the main reason for its closing down.
Guan Huat Dragon kiln and its surrounding land area has been gazetted
under the National Heritage Board. Singapore
Tourist Board saw to the restoration of the dragon kiln as well
as constructing the basic infrastructures to set up a pottery workshop
in 2003.
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