[Updated 25/11/25]
European House #8 was built in the early 20th century when Cheung Chau was found to be an ideal alternative to The Peak as a site for holiday villas. There was a flurry of building in 1909-10, and it may have been built then.
House #8 was sturdily built of locally quarried granite blocks, secure enough to withstand the typhoon season in its exposed position, with a pitched, tiled roof, reinforced with concrete ribs. In the 1923 picture, no doors can be seen on the south or west sides, so it's hard to say which way the house faced. In the 1963 aerial survey, it seems to be facing south with domestic servants' accommodation on the north side, and there is a pathway leading to the middle of the south side, implying a doorway. The survey also shows a verandah there. Was there a level below the level we see in the 1923 picture?
Standing at the top of Fa Peng with House #7, House #8 enjoyed superb views.
In 1938 its owner was recorded as Mr C A Hayes, who may have been the missionary Charles A Hayes, who was a member of the South China Medical Missionary Association and worked with Drs Kate McBurney and Ida Scott who owned House #2.
Today the site of House #8 is occupied by part of the Salvation Army Bradbury Camp complex, a residential camp for groups and families.
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