This house appears on the 1909 peak map as well as on the 1924 peak map. Construction date estimated to c. 1901 according to gw's comment.
It was either modified or built completely new to become Villa Blanca, possibly after 1945. At least the roofs of The Cottage and Villa Blanca are different.
Falconridge (1981-2011) was demolished, and construction work on this site started in April 2012.
In October2017, work is still in progress. No name has been assigned to this house.
On the photo from September 2018, no scaffolds are visible. Probably the end of construction.
Knightsbridge Court A-G houses, built on the site of the former house with the same name. It took a quite long time to build these new ones. In November 2009 the deconstruction of the old Court started, first sign of reconstruction ( a crane) was in October 2011. The houses were finished in November 2013 - when the first of seven houses was sold.
Seven houses in the area of the most expensives premises in Hong Kong. The Standard writes on November 21, 2013:
On the 1912 Peak Map its RBL 126. The house number was set in 1924 to "457, The Peak" (see 1924 map), today's address is "28, Barker Road".
The house was demolished (mid-sixties?) and replaced by Knightsbridge Court.
For some more informations see http://gwulo.com/comment/11444#comment-11444
Knightsbridge Court (28 Barker Road) was most likely built in 1965 (see http://gwulo.com/atom/18665) and finished in 1966. It had 14 luxury apartments. In December 2009 the demolition started, it was replaced by seven new houses, also named Knightsbridge Court (A-G).
Colonial style home, residence of the Chief Secreatary of the Hong Hong SAR
Ligoniel belonged to Francis Henry May, who as acting Governor pushed through the Peak District Reservation Ordinance in 1904.
"Our house on the Peak was called Ligoniel after some property in Ireland owned by my father's family."
"View from the Peak: an autobiography" by Phoebe May Witworth (2nd daughter of Frances Henry May)
Later purchased by Alexander Findlay Smith, the builder of the Peak Tram, and renamed (or rebuilt into "The Farm")
