24 Broadwood Road [????-????]

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 18:17
Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists

This is the last site along Broadwood Road, so I'm guessing it is where 24 Broadwood Road stood, using the initial numbering of the road.

Photos that show this Place

1922 top of broadwood road
1922
The Towers and its neighbours 1923
1923
1931 Broadway Ridge
1931
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Comments

David, I don't think there was a 24 Broadwood Road - well, certainly during my parents' time there.

We were at 22 Broadwood Road and there was a 23 Broadwood Road and past our houses were the garages for both houses and then it was a hop, skip and a jump to Tai Hang Road. The only other "building" between our house and Tai Hang Road was a supermarket "shack" just before Tai Hang Road.  Perhaps that was given the address of 24 Broadwood Road??

Cheers

Hi Nona,

We've had a couple of mentions of the address. The first was on the page for the BCMS Foundling Home (https://gwulo.com/comment/66648#comment-66648). There's another in the 1940 Juror's List:

c   Decker, Harvey Leroy Assistant, Texas Co. (China), Ld. 24 Broadwood Road.

Here's a 1922 map of the area:

1922 top of broadwood road
1922 top of broadwood road, by Admin

Building A is 22 & 23 Broadwood Road, and building B is the building I think was originally number 24 Broadwood Road, though I haven't seen any map showing the building labelled with a street number to confirm it.

It was next to the junction marked D, where Broadwood Road meets Tai Hang Road.

A 1965 map (1:600 214-NW-9) shows site B had been redeveloped into two buildings, Blocks A & B of Jardine's Lookout Garden Mansion, and at that time they had the addresses 148 & 150 Tai Hang Road.

So my current guess is that the building B above was originally number 24 Broadwood Road, that it was re-developed after the war (maybe the old building was damaged during the fighting?), and that during one of the street re-numberings it was given a Tai Hang Road address. Not 100% sure though.

Regards, David

Copying information posted here  The location of 24 Broadwood Road is yet to be confirmed. In the 1922 map as shown above, Building B has been mentioned as a possible location. A remote possibility could be Building C.

1. Building B (I. L. No. 2838)

The current Jardine's Lookout Garden Mansions at 148-150 Tai Hang Road comprises two blocks and were completed in 1961. 

I. L. No. 2838 at the junction of Broadwood Road and a New Road (later Tai Hang Road) was sold at public auction on 17 September 1928 with the stipulation that two European houses be built in two years.  The sale also mentioned that I. L. No. 2838 adjoined I. L. No. 2478.

2. Building C (I. L. No. 2478) 

The current site includes The Colonnade, Marlborough House and Lincoln Court at 152, 154 and 156 Tai Hang Road respectively. The Colonnade was completed in 2001 whilst Marlborough House and Lincoln Court were completed in 1960 and 1959 respectively. 

On 30 June 1924, a public auction for I. L. No. 2478 was held. The site was described as being “near Broadwood Road”. Tai Hang Road only came into use in 1931. Unable to glean information on the land sale or the building's construction.

(Update 19 October 2023 - In the 1938 Street Index for Broadwood Road on Page 163 or Image 269 and Tai Hang Road on Page 175 or Image 305, Buildings B on I. L. Nos 2838 and Building C on I. L. No. 2478 "May Villa" are listed as  being on 82 and 84 Tai Hang Road respectively.

No. 24 Broadwood Road is not mentioned in the Street Index. Not sure if there was access from Building B [with street address 82 Tai Hang Road] to Broadwood Road at some point in time to make it also listed as being on 24 Broadwood Road. I think access to Building B via Broadwood Road would have been more convenient and quicker than from Tai Hang Road if one was travelling by sedan chair from Happy Valley in pre-1940s Hong Kong.)