Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong are those selected as those "outstanding merits of which every effort should be made to preserve if possible".[1]
These buildings may be protected under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance; after consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board, with the approval of the Chief Executive and the publication of the notice in government gazette, the Antiquities Authority may legally declare the Graded historic buildings to be protected as Declared Monuments.[2] Five Grade I historic buildings have been demolished in the last two decades.[3]
Note: This list is accurate as of 6 November 2009.[update][4] A territory-wide grade reassessment has been ongoing since. See this link for the latest grading update.
Central and Western District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0018 | Lo Pan Temple | No. 15 Ching Lin Terrace, Kennedy Town | [1] |  | |
| H0206 | Old Victoria Barracks, Former Explosives Magazine | Justice Drive, Central | [2] |  | |
| H0008 | The Hong Kong Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception | No. 16 Caine Road, Central | [3] |  | |
| H0564 | West Point Filters Bungalow | No. 50 Kotewall Road, Mid-Levels | Now part of the Lung Fu Shan Environmental Education Centre. |  | |
| H0009 | Bishop's House | No. 1 Lower Albert Road, Central |  | ||
| H0053 | Jamia Mosque | No. 30 Shelley Street, Sheung Wan | [4] |  | |
| H0097 | Façade of the Old Mental Hospital | No. 2 High Street, Sai Ying Pun | [5] Now part of the Sai Ying Pun Community Complex. |  | |
| H0041 | Ohel Leah Synagogue | No. 70 Robinson Road, at the junction with Castle Road | [6] |  | |
| HN029 | Queen's Pier | Central, Edinburgh Place | Demolition completed in February 2008 |  |
Eastern District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HN048 | Lyemun Barracks (The whole compound) | Lei Yue Mun, Chai Wan |  | ||
| H0039 | Lyemun Barracks Block 10 |  | |||
| H0082 | Lyemun Barracks Block 18 |  | |||
| H0114 | Lyemun Barracks Block 21 | | |||
| H0036 | Lyemun Barracks Block 25 |  | |||
| H1053 | Tam Kung Temple | Tam Kung Temple Road, Shau Kei Wan | [7] |  |
Islands District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0933 | Tin Hau Temple | Chek Lap Kok New Village, Wong Lung Hang Road, Tung Chung, Lantau Island | [8] |  | |
| H0208 | Yeung Hau Temple | Po Chue Tam, Tai O, Lantau Island | [9] Built in 1699. |  | |
| H0103 | Yuk Hui Temple | Pak She Street, Tung Wan, Cheung Chau | [10] [11] Commonly referred to as Pak Tai Temple |  |
Kowloon City District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
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Kwun Tong District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0367 | Ex. Royal Air Force Station (Kai Tak Airport), Headquarters Building | No. 50 Kwun Tong Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon | Built in 1934. Kai Tak Vietnamese Refugee Camp from 1979 to 1981. Used for detaining Vietnamese refugees until 1997. Houses the Caritas Family Crisis Support Centre since 2002.[5] |  | |
| H0365 | Ex. Royal Air Force Station (Kai Tak), Officers' Quarters Compound RAF Officers' Mess | No. 51 Kwun Tong Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon | Built in 1934. Housed the Police Detective Training School until 2001. Now houses the Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University.[5] | ,_Officers%27_Quarters_Compound_RAF_Officers_Mess_2012.JPG) | |
| H0369 | Ex. Royal Air Force Station (Kai Tak), Officers' Quarters Compound Annex Block No. 2 | No. 51 Kwun Tong Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon | Same as above. | ,_Officers%27_Quarters_Compound_RAF_Officers_Mess_2012_Annex_Block_No._2.JPG) |
North District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0418 | Earth God Shrine of Kam Tsin Tsuen | Kam Tsin Tsuen, Sheung Shui, New territories |  | ||
| H0338 | Hip Tin Temple | Shan Tsui Tsuen, Sha Tau Kok, New territories |  Upload Photo | ||
| H0099 | Pang Ancestral Hall | Fanling Wai, Fanling, New Territories |  | ||
| H0974 | Tin Hau Temple | Sai Ho, Kat O |  |
Sai Kung District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0501 | Ham Tin Tsuen | Tai Long | Upload Photo | ||
| H0403 | Tai Long Tsuen | Tai Long |  | ||
| H0070 | Tin Hau Temple, Joss House Bay | Fat Tong Mun (Joss House Bay) | [12] [13] |  |
Sha Tin District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0268 | Kowloon Reception Reservoir Dam |  | |||
| H0269 | Kowloon Reception Reservoir Valve House | | |||
| H0513 | Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir Lower Reservoir Bellmouth Overflow |  | |||
| H0705 | Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir Lower Reservoir Pineapple Pass Dam |  | |||
| H0219 | Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir Reservoir Steel Bridge |  | |||
| H0569 | Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir Lower Reservoir Weir |  | |||
| H0218 | Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir Upper Reservoir Gorge Dam |  | |||
| H0220 | Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir Upper Reservoir Valve Tower | | |||
| H0221 | Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir Upper Reservoir Bellmouth Overflow |  | |||
| H0220A | Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir Lower Reservoir Valve Tower | | |||
| H0514 | Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir Lower Reservoir Gate Shaft |  | |||
| H0763 | Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir Lower Reservoir Supply Basin | | |||
| H0219A | Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir Upper Reservoir Steel Bridge |  | |||
| H0001 | Tsang Tai Uk |  |
Sham Shui Po District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0507 | Block 41 (Mei Ho House) | Shek Kip Mei Estate |  | ||
| H0029 | Some buildings/military facilities within the Ngong Shuen Chau Barracks | Stonecutters Island | Some buildings/facilities also Grade II and III |  |
Southern District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0353 | Stanley Fort, Stanley Battery Gun Emplacement | Upload Photo | |||
| H0073 | Hung Shing Temple | No. 9 Hung Shing Street, Ap Lei Chau | [14] |  |
Tai Po District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0707 | Tin Hau Temple Complex | Ha Wai, Tap Mun Chau |  |
Tsuen Wan District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
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Tuen Mun District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0121 | Hung Lau | Near Shek Kok Tsui Village, Castle Peak |  | ||
| H0071 | To Ancestral Hall | Tuen Tsz Wai, Lam Tei |  | ||
| H0010 | Tsing Shan Monastery, Memorial Archway (Heung Hoi Ming Shan) | Castle Peak |  | ||
| H0088 | Tsing Shan Monastery, Tai Hung Po Din | Castle Peak |  | ||
| H0160 | Tsing Shan Monastery, Hall of Kshitigabha | Castle Peak |  | ||
| H0164 | Tsing Shan Monastery, Gate House | Castle Peak |  | ||
| H0200 | Tsing Shan Monastery, Wu Fat Din | Castle Peak |  | ||
| H0379 | Tsing Shan Monastery, Memorial Archway | Castle Peak |  | ||
| H0441 | Tsing Shan Monastery, Home for the Monks and the Aged | Castle Peak | Upload Photo | ||
| H0529 | Tsing Shan Monastery, Guest Hall | Castle Peak |  | ||
| H0533 | Tsing Shan Monastery, Quarters | Castle Peak |  | ||
| H0538 | Tsing Shan Monastery, Kwun Yam Pavilion | Castle Peak |  | ||
| H0903 | Tsing Shan Monastery, Hall of Merits | Castle Peak |  |
Wan Chai District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0124 | Nam Koo Terrace | No. 55 Ship Street |  | ||
| H0076 | Blue House | No. 72, 72a, 74, 74A Stone Nullah Lane | considered as 4 historic buildings |  | |
| H0111 | Hung Shing Temple | No. 129-131 Queen's Road East | [15] |  | |
| H0103 | Yuk Hui Temple | No. 2 Lung On Street | [16] Commonly referred to as Pak Tai Temple |  | |
| H0035 | Lin Fa Temple | Lin Fa Kung Street West, Tai Hang | [17] |  |
Wong Tai Sin District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0467A | St. Joseph's Home for the Aged (whole site) | Ngau Chi Wan, Kowloon |  | ||
| H0524 | Dormitory A, St. Joseph's Home for the Aged | Clear Water Bay Road, Ngau Chi Wan |  | ||
| H0523 | Gate House, St. Joseph's Home for the Aged | Ngau Chi Wan, Kowloon |  | ||
| H0467 | Villa, St. Joseph's Home for the Aged | Ngau Chi Wan, Kowloon |  | ||
| H0060 | Hau Wong Temple | Cr. of Junction Road and Tung Tau Tsuen Road | [18] |  |
Yau Tsim Mong District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0058 | Lui Seng Chun | 119 Lai Chi Kok Road, New Kowloon |  | ||
| H0453 | Nos. 600-626 Shanghai Street | Specifically Nos. 600, 602, 604, 606, 612, 614, 620, 622, 624 and 626 Shanghai Street, Mong Kok | tong-laus |  | |
| H0185 | The Engineer's Office of the Former Pumping Station, Water Supplies Department | Shanghai Street, Yau Ma Tei |  | ||
| H0133 | Kowloon West II Battery of Whitfield Barracks | Kowloon Park, Tsim Sha Tsui | Now converted into a children's "Discovery Playground" within the park. |  | |
| H0015 | Tung Wah Museum, in Kwong Wah Hospital, | 25 Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei |  |
Yuen Long District edit
| ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Notes/References | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H0012 | Kun Ting Study Hall | Hang Mei Tsuen, Ping Shan | [19] [20] [21] Part of the Ping Shan Heritage Trail. |  | |
| H0075 | Man Ancestral Hall | Fan Tin Tsuen, San Tin |  | ||
| H0028 | Pun Uk | Au Tau | [22] |  | |
| H0098 | Entrance Hall of Shut Hing Study Hall | Tong Fong Tsuen, Ping Shan | [23] Part of the Ping Shan Heritage Trail |  | |
| H0141 | Tang Tsing Lok Ancestral Hall | Pak Wai Tsuen, Kam Tin | [24] |  | |
| H0380 | Yu Yuen | Tung Tau Wai, Wang Chau | Built in 1927 as a summer villa.[6][7] |  | |
| H0381 | Yuen Kwan Tai Temple | Mong Tseng Wai, Ping Shan |  | ||
| H0668 | Tin Hau Temple | Off Tai Shu Ha Road, Tai Kei Leng/Nga Yiu Tau, Shap Pat Heung | [25] Called the "Tai Shu Ha Tin Hau Temple" (大樹下天后廟), it got its name from being a Tin Hau Temple under a tree.[8] |  | |
| H0011 | Ching Shu Hin | Hang Mei Tsuen, Ping Shan | [26] [27] [28] [29] Part of the Ping Shan Heritage Trail. |  | |
| H0190 | Tai Wong Temple | No. 26C Cheung Shing Street, Yuen Long Kau Hui |  | ||
| H0147 | Tat Tak Communal Hall | North-west of Sheung Cheung Wai, Ping Shan | In the area covered by the Ping Shan Heritage Trail. |  | |
| H0116 | Tin Hau Temple | Fung Chi Tsuen, Ping Shan |  | ||
| H0204 | Yuen Kwan Yi Tai Temple | Yuen Long Kau Hui | Commonly known as Pak Tai Temple, it is dedicated to Yuen Tai/Pak Tai and Kwan Tai.[9] |  |
See also edit
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References edit
- ^ Definition of the Gradings of Historical Buildings
- ^ Protection of the Built Heritage in Hong Kong
- ^ 前規劃署長：皇后不算珍貴重置合理 20年拆5幢一級建築 保育向來「有贏有輸」(In Chinese)
- ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office: List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong Archived 2011-07-09 at the Wayback Machine (as at 6 November 2009)
- ^ a b Brief Information on Proposed Grade II Items. #365, 367, 369 Archived 2013-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.336 Archived 2012-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Chan, King-lok, "A neglected heritage typology in the New Territories: the Western-Chinese eclectic style rural buildings of the early 20th century", University of Hong Kong, 2008
- ^ Welcome to 18 Districts - Yuen Long District
- ^ Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.191 Archived 2012-10-13 at the Wayback Machine