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Bicton and Burrington [c.1899- ]

Submitted by annelisec on Fri, 2010-03-12 22:16
Date Place completed: 
c.1899-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Though not known by these names any more, the two houses at 2 Pollack's Path and 44 Plantation Road have been joined from the very beginning.  They are now known simply by their addresses.

I found them on a 1915 map, so I am guessing that they were built c. 1910.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Rural Building Lot 1 (RBL 1) [????- ]
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1924 Map - RBL 1

Submitted by annelisec on Tue, 2010-03-09 18:32
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924
Places shown in this photo: 
"The Ridge" - 8 Pollock's Path - Residence of the French Consul General [c.1908-2014]
Bicton and Burrington [c.1899- ]
Hilden [1919-2019]
Kirkendoa (first generation) [1897-c.1948]
Brockhurst [1880-????]
Ardsheal / Ardshiel (1st generation) [1890-????]

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357 Ardsheal (RBL 27)

360 Kirkendoa
361 The Bracket
366-367 Bicton & Burrington

368 Brockhurst

370 The Ridge
371 Mount Gough
373 Hilden

Kirkendoa

Submitted by annelisec on Tue, 2010-03-09 18:22
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2010
Places shown in this photo: 
Kirkendoa (2nd & current generation) [1948-2016]

"The Ridge" - 8 Pollock's Path - Residence of the French Consul General [c.1908-2014]

Submitted by annelisec on Tue, 2010-03-09 18:02
Date Place completed: 
c.1908-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
2014-09-30

copied from http://gwulo.com/belvedere-plantation-road-the-peak

8 Pollock's Path - said to be one of the earliest residences built on the Peak, it was the taipan house for Wallace Harper & Co., now it is the residence of the Consulate General of France.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Rural Building Lot 1 (RBL 1) [????- ]
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Landless [????- ]

Submitted by annelisec on Mon, 2010-02-15 12:11

Public Records Office

HKRS156-1-80       

R.B.L. NO. 549 (FORMERLY R.B.L. NO. 1, SEC. E, R.P. - BROCKHURST & LANDLESS) - APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF CROWN LEASE IN RESPECT OF ,   06.07.1946 - 01.11.1950

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Rural Building Lot 1 (RBL 1) [????- ]
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Map - 1912 - RBL 1

Submitted by annelisec on Mon, 2010-02-15 11:46
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1912
Places shown in this photo: 
Brockhurst [1880-????]
Kirkendoa (first generation) [1897-c.1948]

Map 1889 - RBL 1 - Peak

Submitted by annelisec on Wed, 2010-02-10 10:43
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1888
Places shown in this photo: 
Brockhurst [1880-????]

Kirkendoa (first generation) [1897-c.1948]

Submitted by annelisec on Thu, 2010-01-21 18:39
Date Place completed: 
1897-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
c.1948-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Public Records Office Notes - RBL 1

"Lease is for 150 years from 30.9.1878 at a Crown Rent of HK$216 per annum.  This house was reconstructed in 1948".

Public Records Office:

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Rural Building Lot 1 (RBL 1) [????- ]
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Hilden [1919-2019]

Submitted by annelisec on Wed, 2010-01-13 17:39
Date Place completed: 
1919-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
c.2019-02-28 (Month, Day are approximate)

Public Records Office

Owned by A. Bryer (per Leigh & Orange) and the first tax was paid in 1912.

Purchased by "Staff Buildings Ltd" in Feb 1930.

File  HKRS156-1-1491       R.B.L. NO. 671 (FORMERLY R.B.L. NO. 1 SEC. B.R.P. - NO. 373, PLANTATION ROAD, "HILDEN") - APPLICATION FROM STAFF BUILDING LTD. FOR RENEWAL OF CROWN LEASE IN RESPECT OF - ,   07.04.1948 - 23.02.1955

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Rural Building Lot 1 (RBL 1) [????- ]
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