Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
A large, attractive and unusual looking house, built of granite, flat roofed with a loggia/verandah at the front, and a small cottage (for servants?) at the rear. The owners preferred to turn their backs on the views of Kwun Yam Wan and face south to the sun.
This was a Canton Villages Mission house, referred to as 'the Davies House'; thought to belong to Rev Herbert and Margaret Davies, who served the CVM in Canton in the 20s and 30s.
Like other CVM houses #9 and #10, the house suffered during the war as it was stripped of all wood by the locals for fuel and bombed by the Japanese as being western owned.
Now it is the telephone exchange.
Photos that show this Place
1915
1920
1920
Comments
Re: Davies House
The "Davies" in "Davies House" would likely refer to the Rev. Herbert Davies of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Rev. Davies served in Canton (Guangzhou) and took a few photos of Hong Kong in 1911. See: https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/browse/?datefrom=&dateto=&keywords=&orderby=node_id&order=desc&ntids=W10=&filter=eyJudGlkcyI6W10sImZhY2V0Ijp7fX0=&a2z=W10=&page=1&viewtype=grid&type=all&digital=0&in=0&access=0&has=W10=&bid=0&meta=eyI5IjpbIkRhdmllcywgSCBSZXYiXX0=&metainc=W10=