Gate Lodge Explained

Gate Lodge
Native Name:舊總督山頂別墅守衛室
Native Name Lang:zh-hant
Architectural Style:Renaissance
Location:Victoria Peak
Address:Mount Austin Road
Location Country:Hong Kong
Current Tenants:Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Groundbreaking Date:1900
Completion Date:1902
Owner:Hong Kong Government
Designations:Declared monument

Gate Lodge is a small house located at Mount Austin Road on Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Gate Lodge was built between 1900 and 1902. It is in Renaissance style.

It was a part of the former complex known as Mountain Lodge, home to the then Governor of Hong Kong. However, the main building was demolished in 1946. The Gate Lodge remains, but no longer used as an official residence.

The Gate Lodge originally served as living quarters for the keeper of Mountain Lodge. It was declared as a monument in 1995 and it is now preserved in Victoria Peak Garden and used as a site office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

Future development

To put the building to meaningful use and leverage its historical legacy, Senior Government Architect Raymond Fung said it will be used as a public gallery.

"What we are going to do is to open this gate door, so that you can enter this 100square feet space inside where we will put pictures and descriptions about the history of Victoria City and also Hong Kong in general, therefore giving information of our history to visitors."[1]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. "Visitors' hotspot to undergo facelift", news.gov.hk 25 September 2005 (archive)