I am presently renovating Gladdon, I will upload some pictures to the site shortly, revealing an original door that was covered by a false wall and some original windows that were also covered by a bathroom .....
The renovation is amost done .... will upload images of the renovation and post here soon .... apart from the original door hidden in the wall there were a coupe of other surprises .... anyway images will be here soon
On the eastern side of the May Road Peak Tram Station and Chatham Path, there is a long, streamlined, white structure that looks like a series of garages. It is called the Gladdon and it is indeed 15 garages and dormitories for chauffeurs. Built between 1929 and 1930, it is now a Grade 3 Historic Building which had witnessed the development of transportation in the Peak before the Second World War, i.e. the transition from Peak Tram to cars as a means to reach the top.
In the early 20th century, more and more residents of the Peak could afford cars, leading to the need to expand the section from Bowen Road to May Road. At the same time, the government saw fit to build garages for the nearby residents, so on 18 November 1929, 3 May Road was auctioned off and transformed into a building with 15 garages and dormitories for chauffeurs above them. Part of the building was later used as a residence, for example, the Portuguese entrepreneur from Macau, C.A.da Roza, used to live there with his family in the 1930s and renamed it as the Solar de Rosas.
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Gladdon 3 May Road
I am presently renovating Gladdon, I will upload some pictures to the site shortly, revealing an original door that was covered by a false wall and some original windows that were also covered by a bathroom .....
GLADDON
The renovation is amost done .... will upload images of the renovation and post here soon .... apart from the original door hidden in the wall there were a coupe of other surprises .... anyway images will be here soon
GLADDON
So looking forward to it 😊
Gladdon
I wouldn't hold your breath, Joseph, those pictures were promised 14 years ago...
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Solar de Rosas
discovered a little history on the web.
On the eastern side of the May Road Peak Tram Station and Chatham Path, there is a long, streamlined, white structure that looks like a series of garages. It is called the Gladdon and it is indeed 15 garages and dormitories for chauffeurs. Built between 1929 and 1930, it is now a Grade 3 Historic Building which had witnessed the development of transportation in the Peak before the Second World War, i.e. the transition from Peak Tram to cars as a means to reach the top.
In the early 20th century, more and more residents of the Peak could afford cars, leading to the need to expand the section from Bowen Road to May Road. At the same time, the government saw fit to build garages for the nearby residents, so on 18 November 1929, 3 May Road was auctioned off and transformed into a building with 15 garages and dormitories for chauffeurs above them. Part of the building was later used as a residence, for example, the Portuguese entrepreneur from Macau, C.A.da Roza, used to live there with his family in the 1930s and renamed it as the Solar de Rosas.