In the upper garden, four groups of structures were between 60 % and 100 % destroyed by the earthquake.
頂厝的部分目前則是傾倒房屋、瓦礫依然維持著劫後的樣貌，清理動作付之闕如，原建物暴露陽光風雨中，二度受損的程度比之下厝更為嚴重。地震中頂厝的四個屋群﹘﹘蓉鏡齋、新厝、景薰樓、頤圃，也與下厝相同，有百分之六十到全倒不等的損壞。