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Inverdruie [????-c.1965]

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2015-12-31 21:56
Date Place demolished: 
c.1965-01-01 (Year is approximate)

On the 1912 Peak Map its RBL 126. The house number was set in 1924 to "457, The Peak" (see 1924 map), today's address is "28, Barker Road".

The house was demolished (mid-sixties?) and replaced by Knightsbridge Court.

For some more informations see http://gwulo.com/comment/11444#comment-11444

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28 Barker Road (8122)

Barker Road, The Peak Hong Kong

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2015-12-31 19:16

Original subscript: Knightsbridge Court, 28 Barker Road, HKK

From the Album "Hong Kong 1992-1996 + 1997 Handover" on flickr.

No exact date given, so its mid-1990s. Note the double mast of the Bank of China building in the background.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1995
Places shown in this photo: 
Knightsbridge Court [1966-2009]
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Knightsbridge Court [1966-2009]

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2015-12-31 18:50
Date Place completed: 
c.1966-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.2009-12-01 (Day is approximate)

Knightsbridge Court (28 Barker Road) was most likely built in 1965 (see http://gwulo.com/atom/18665) and finished in 1966.  It had 14 luxury apartments. In December 2009 the demolition started, it was replaced by seven new houses, also named Knightsbridge Court (A-G).

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Inverdruie [????-c.1965]
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28 Barker Road (8122)

Hong Kong (1999)

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2015-11-27 17:34
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1999
Places shown in this photo: 
31 Barker Road (2nd generation Richmond House?) [c.1952-c.1999]

October 1999: Last evidence of Richmond House (second generation) at 31 Barker Road.

Photo uploaded by kind permission from Thierry Cariou.

Peak Tram January 2000

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2015-11-21 00:10
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2000
Places shown in this photo: 
Peak Tram [1888- ]
Altadena House [1974- ]
31 Barker Road (2nd generation Richmond House?) [c.1952-c.1999]

This is the first image I found where the second generation Richmond House is gone. I think what we see at the house's site is a fence around (possibly) an excavation site for e.g. cellars. The steel rig around the flagpole is still there. A detail is shown below:

HK from Victoria Peak showing the tracks of the Funicular

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2015-11-20 22:29

June 1998, second generation Richmond House is still standing.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1998
Places shown in this photo: 
31 Barker Road (2nd generation Richmond House?) [c.1952-c.1999]
Altadena House [1974- ]
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Peak Tram and new Richmond Houses (2002)

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2015-11-10 23:42
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2002
Places shown in this photo: 
Richmond Houses A-D [2003- ]
Peak Tram [1888- ]
Altadena House [1974- ]

July 2002, the (new) Richmond Houses A-D are under construction.

Photo uploaded by kind permission from Silke Schlüter.

House at 62 Barker Road on the Peak in Hong Kong, Gustave Volckaert, 1948

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2015-07-30 00:53
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1948
Places shown in this photo: 
Glenshiel - Epworth Lodge (1949) [????- ]

Found this plan here. Its from an architecture journal (ABE Journal 5/14) and titled: China Papers: The architecture archives of the building company Crédit Foncier d’Extrême-Orient (1907-59).

The plan is by the Belgian architect Gustave Volkaert. Although its for 62 Barker Road (an address I could not find) it could be Epworth Loadge (although this 51 Barker Road).

Peak skyline

Submitted by IDJ on Mon, 2015-06-01 16:20
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1996
Places shown in this photo: 
31 Barker Road (2nd generation Richmond House?) [c.1952-c.1999]

This clip from one of my roll-film slides shows many of the properties raised by "Klaus" in various posts.

If someone has the expertise to create a layer on this image and add the names of the properties, I can supply a copy of the image via David

Cragside and Altadena 1980

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2015-05-28 02:57
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1980
Places shown in this photo: 
Altadena House [1974- ]
Cragside Mansion [1975- ]
Knightsbridge Court [1966-2009]

This is a detail from my picture http://gwulo.com/atom/20899 showing Cragside Mansion (left) and Altadena House (right). Right hand side in front is the roof of the former Hong Kong Hilton (with the flag). Unfortunately, 31 Barker road is behind the Hilton.

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