Old Dairy Farm Depot | |
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舊牛奶公司倉庫 | |
General information | |
Status | Leased – arts venue & clubhouse |
Architectural style | Late Victorian eclectic |
Classification | Grade I declared monument |
Location | Hong Kong |
Address | 2 Lower Albert Road, Central |
Current tenants | North Foreign Correspondents' Club South Fringe Club |
Construction started | 1890 |
Renovated | 1913 |
Landlord | Government Property Agency |
Design and construction | |
Architecture firm | Danby & Leigh |
Main contractor | Dairy Farm |
Renovating team | |
Awards and prizes | Antiquities & Monuments Office's Award of Merit |
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Traditional Chinese | 舊牛奶公司倉庫 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 旧牛奶公司仓库 | ||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 舊牛奶公司寫字樓 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 旧牛奶公司写字楼 | ||||||||||||
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The Old Dairy Farm Depot,or Old Dairy Farm Building,is a building in Central,Hong Kong,which currently houses the Hong Kong Fringe Club (South Block) and the Foreign Correspondents' Club (North Block). It is located at 2 Lower Albert Road. The back of the building is located along Wyndham Street,while its edge faces Glenealy. [1]
In 1892,Dairy Farm built a low-rise brick and stucco building on Lower Albert Road in Central for use as a cold storage warehouse. It was designed by Danby &Leigh (now Leigh &Orange). [2] The original depot only comprised about half (the southern part) of the present premises. This warehouse was later renovated and expanded in 1913,1917 and 1925 to include a dairy shop,a room for meat smoking,a cold storage room for winter clothes and residency for the general manager. The building later evolved into the company headquarters until the company moved in the 1970s. [3]
The Foreign Correspondents' Club started occupying the North Block in 1982. The South Block has been leased by the Hong Kong Fringe Club since 1984. [3] It has undergone many major renovations since the Fringe Club moved in.[ citation needed ]
The building is built in the Eclectic architectural style with strong Neoclassical and some Arts and Crafts influence. The facade features polychromatic "bandaged" brickworks. [3]
The building is located along the Central and Western Heritage Trail. [4] It was listed as a Grade II historic building in 1981,and as a Grade I historic building in 2009. [5] The project of renovation and refurbishment of the Old Dairy Farm Building and its conversion into the Hong Kong Fringe Club was a winner of the 2001 Hong Kong Heritage Awards,organised by the Antiquities Advisory Board and the Antiquities and Monuments Office. [6]
The Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) in Hong Kong is a members-only club and meeting place for the media,business and diplomatic community. It is located at 2 Lower Albert Road in Central,next to the Hong Kong Fringe Club,and they both occupy the Old Dairy Farm Depot at the top of Ice House Street,one of the few remaining colonial buildings in the Central district.
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