Dragon View (龍景) [????-2003]

Submitted by philk on Mon, 06/18/2018 - 11:25
Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date closed / demolished

Following on from a search for Sir David Akers-Jones' restored home on Castle Peak Road, I think I have the rough area close to Bayside Villas. The carpark to the south of this area is actually the original route of the road before it was straightened and widened.

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Peter Moss has a video on Youtube that he filmed in the early 2000's from Dragon View's terrace. The view to HK Island shows a direct line between High West and the westernmost upright of the Kap Shui Mun Bridge. So I've marked the position on the map according to the location of a building that was evident on the 1957 map that was removed when the Castle Peak Road was realigned. Does anyone have a more specific location?

 

Video link: https://youtu.be/E920eVr6H98

I found a map that shows Dragon View on page 5 of this document:

https://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/english/permit/ep0932001/documents/…

The staggered buildings on the left are marked "Bayside", but they have the same layout as the "Vistacove" on the modern map above, so I think they're the same buildings with a new name.

Looking at that map, you've put the marker at exactly the right spot!

Thanks David - I also just remembered I have an old(ish) driving map (from 2003) and note the house was at the end of a circular drive. I've added the Chinese name as it appears on that map as well as the end date until someone can provide a more accurate date of demolition.