The Old Supreme Court Building was designed by Frank Dorrington Ward, the Chief Architect of the Public Works Department in Singapore during the Britain's colonial rule here. This stately, white building is Ward's last and greatest piece of work. The imposing Corinthian and Ionic columns, as well as the tympanum sculpture fronting the Supreme Court Building, were the work of Cavalieri Rudolfo Nolli, a Milanese sculptor. Sir Shenton Thomas, Governor of the Straits Settlements, laid the foundation stone, which was the biggest foundation stone in the whole of Malaya during that time.
