L.R. Nielson House in Repulse Bay

Any chance you know the Lot it was built on? There could be a mention of its construction in the PWD annual reports.

The building at 4 o'clock from the house is The Lido. The Lido was completed in 1935, so the photo was taken in 1935 or later.

I have seen far away shots of the Lido and the house previously. The building to the left of the main house was built separately and some time later.

An aside - the story of L. R. Nielson is interesting. Captured in Manila during the Japanese invasion. Sent to Hong Kong and was interned at Stanley. He was associated with mining operations in Hong Kong particularly the Lin Ma Hang Mine. Seems to have surfaced in Hong Kong in the 1950s but thereafter there is scant information.

The house under construction can be seen in Davids photo below which he has dated to between 1919 and 1935. If the construction date is known then the date that David's photo was taken can be narrowed down. 

The house sat on a platform supported by a huge wall. The wall, or a later version, still exists today. The latest building to occupy the site has just been completed and, if I remember correctly, replaced a terrace or row of townhouse type buildings which themselves were quite modern. The main access to both the latest version, and its immediate predecessor, is from Repulse Bay Road, directly opposite No. 129, The Lily.

The house was still there in the 1970s.

Looking at Google maps, the town houses were demolished between March and November 2012.

Drove past last week and noticed that the address of the development that now occupies the site is 90 Repulse  Bay Road.