Holmesdale [????- ]
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Submitted by David on Sat, 2012-11-03 21:13
4, Repulse Bay Road.
In Sheridan's diary, he calls it "The White House". I'm not sure if that was ever its official name, or just Sheridan's description of what was a large, white house.
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Holmsdale
At www.gwulo.com/node/13162 Philip Cracknell introduces a photo of the front of "Holmsdale" on Page 3 of the article at;
http://www.canadianmilitaryhistory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/3-Wentz...
He mentions that it's unchanged today, but at www.gwulo.com/atom/15399 Compradore reports that it was constructed/redeveloped in 1987. Perhaps the front facade was retained in the rebuild?
Holmsdale 1987
gw, thanks for providing a link to that article. The photo on Page 3 of the pdf has a caption below that identifies the house as the 'The Lawson family manor in Hull, England.' However, I think the area does look a lot like that section of Repulse Bay.
The bottom picture on Page 11 of the article shows Wong Nei Chong Gap. I think the police station shown was No. 1 Repulse Bay Road.
Centadata lists No. 4's completion date as 01/1987. The old Holmsdale looked to have been two-stories, whereas the current house is three-stories. Both houses have porticos. Also, the current house is 12,000 sq. ft. and I doubt there would be a house of that size in the 1940s.
Here is a 2003 picture of No. 4: http://static.apple.nextmedia.com/images/apple-photos/640pix/20031126/Article_ent/26ec1p3.jpg