I had the opportunity to visit the inside of the Chapel at Hong Kong Cemetery today (within the formerly called Protestant Cemetary) The building was built in 1845 (at the same time as the surrounding cemetary) and was designed by the Surveyor General's Office; it is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, western building in Hong Kong today. It is a small cruciform-shaped single-story pitched roof building in the Tudor Revival Style, with coped buttresses, flat-pointed Gothic arched windows and doors, gable-end walls and sqaure-shaped label mouldings, a Chinese tile roof, and rendered plaster exterior walls with some granite detials.
The building is a listed Grade 1 building in Hong Kong. The Chapel was originally used for funeral services, but since burials no longer take place in this cemetery, the Chapel is not longer used. The interior floor is a beautiful black and white marble square checker board pattern.
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1860 refurbishment
During the second half of the 1850s, the chapel was in a dilapidated state and needed a major refurbishment. In 1859 it was decided to do so, and it is believed the work was conducted in the year 1860 (source).
It is likely that the photo below shows the chapel during refurbishment: