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舊總督山頂別墅守衛室 | |
 Gate Lodge | |
 Interactive map of the Gate Lodge area | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| Location | Victoria Peak,Mount Austin Road,Hong Kong |
| Current tenants | Leisure and Cultural Services Department |
| Groundbreaking | 1900 |
| Completed | 1902 |
| Owner | Hong Kong Government |
| Designations | Declared monument |
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| Traditional Chinese | 舊總督山頂別墅守衛室 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 旧总督山顶别墅守卫室 | ||||||||||||
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Gate Lodge is a small house located atMount Austin Road onVictoria Peak,Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Gate Lodge was built between 1900 and 1902 and was one of two gate houses in the former complex known asMountain Lodge, home to the thenGovernor of Hong Kong.[1] The Gate Lodge originally served as living quarters for the keeper of Mountain Lodge. However, the main building was demolished in 1946. The Gate Lodge remains, but no longer used as an official residence. It wasdeclared as a monument in 1995 and it is now preserved inVictoria Peak Garden and used as a site office of theLeisure and Cultural Services Department.
Designed to resemble a Scottish mansion, it is designed in theRenaissance style. The Mount Austin Roadfaçade has rounded corners and triangularfriezes.[1]
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 100 square feet (9.3 m2) space inside where we will put pictures and descriptions about the history ofVictoria City and also Hong Kong in general, therefore giving information of our history to visitors."[2]
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