"On a splendid spur which extends from below the road level, near to the site of the Colonial Secretary's residence, there has been recently completed for the Union Insurance of Canton Ltd. a residence for the General Manager of the Company. On this site there formerly stood a house which was built many years ago but which was pulled down to make way for the new building."
"The client asked for a building whose general outline on plan was rectangular, together with a pitched roof which they considered essential."
Regarding the architectural drawings and plans of this property that are in the Palmer & Turner collection at Hong Kong University Libraries Digital Repository, if you open up the actual drawings, you will see on the bottom right-hand corner that the plans were drawn up in 1949, and it is written on them:
R.B.L. 100 464 THE PEAK
LEIGH AND ORANGE * CIVIL ENGINEERS & ARCHITECTS * HONG KONG
From Hong Kong and Far East builder, Vol. 8, No. 5, July & August 1950
Date picture taken
1950
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