Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Owners:
House named "Tusculum"
1888 - Oscar Bachrach (moved to Beyrouth, Syria)
1892 - Bruce Shepherd (Deputy Land Officer)
1900 - Duncan Clark Jr.
1918 - Moller & Co.
1920 - Charles Forsyth
1924 - Jardine Matheson
House named "Fairyland"
Government comments on the request of a right-of-way to build a [motor] road to the site.
"If the intention is that Jardine, Mathieson & co. Ltd., the present owners of RBL 70, are to have the exclusive use and are to be in a position to put up a notice "Private road to Fairyland" (this is actually the name of the house), then I think that there is less objection ...
1947 - Banque de l'IndoChine
1949 - United States of America
lot - leases for GL 24 and RBL 70 surrendered, and new lease - RBL 552
Photos that show this Place
1918
1910s
Comments
Fairyland. Does Jardine's
Fairyland. Does Jardine's have an archivist. I'd love to learn more about Fairyland
Re: Jardine Matheson Archive
Hi there,
Googling using Jardine Matheson +Archive yielded this:
http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD/GBR/0012/MS%20JM
Look's like they do have one in the UK.
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Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of the company's London agents, Matheson & Co. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/applicationJM.html.
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Thought you would be interested.
Thanks & Best Regards,
T
Some description of the land
Some description of the land size and features of the plot 'Tusculum' occupied when put up for auction in 1918:
Source: The Hong Kong Telegraph, page 10, 11th May 1918
The seller was named earlier in April 1918 along with the address:
"FOR SALE. - TUSCULUM, Barker Road, 155 Peak apply DUNCAN CLARK, c/o Lane, Crawford & Co."
Source: The Hong Kong Telergraph, page 3, 20th April 1918