[2] It was built by Charles MacArthur, then the chairman of the Straits Trading Company, who had purchased the Atbara House in 1903.
[7] In 2015, it was announced that the house would be a part of the Gallop Extension of the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
[8][9] Both Inverturret and Atbara were gazetted for conservation by the Urban Redevelopment Authority in September of that year.
[10] In 2016, the National Parks Board awarded the tender of the Gallop Extension to Kay Ngee Tan Architects.
[13] The restoration of both the Atbara House and Inverturret received the Urban Redevelopment Authority Architectural Heritage Awards in 2022.