Mountain Lodge, the Peak 山頂港督別墅

This site was for a summer residence for the Governor of Hong Kong since 1900. It replaced a former lodge situated slightly below. The earlier lodge was transformed from a sanatorium in 1867 and subsequently destroyed in two typhoons. The new lodge was first designed in 1892 by Francis Cooper, the Director of Public Works, but when Sir Henry Blake became Governor, he disliked the proposal and appointed Palmer & Turner for another design. By 1920, the Lodge was very little used and became deteriorated. It was demolished after World War II leaving only the granite foundations and the gate lodge. The whole site was opened as a park to the public. A marking stone for the Lodge was rediscovered in 1978 and since then placed at the NE corner of the former lodge grounds.自1900年起,該別墅一直是總督於夏季避暑之所。至於原初的度暑別墅,乃於1867年由療養院改建而成,位置稍低,經兩次颱風吹襲後被拆卸。1892年,位於現址的新別墅原由工務局局長Francis Cooper設計,但因設計不合當時剛履任的總督卜力爵士的心意,遂改由建築師巴馬丹拿重新設計。至1920年,總督已甚少到別墅避暑,建築物日久失修,終於在第二次世界大戰之後拆毀,只剩下花崗岩基石和守衛室。別墅舊址後改建為公園,供市民遊覽。1978年,別墅碑石被尋回,自此豎立於別墅舊址東北面一角。
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