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.

Singapore Tourism Board saw to the restoration of the dragon kiln as well as constructing the basic infrastructures to set up a pottery workshop in 2003.