Flagstaff House, Hong Kong
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| Flagstaff House | |
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旗桿屋 | |
Hong Kong Government | |
| Website | |
| hk.art.museum/tea-ware | |
| Designated | 14 September 1989 |
| Reference no. | 36 |
| Flagstaff House | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Chájù Wénwùguǎn |
| Wade–Giles | Ch'a2 chü4 wen2 wu4 kuan3 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Chàh geuih màhn maht gún |
| Jyutping | Caa4 geoi6 man4 mat6 gwun2 |
| IPA | [tsʰȁː kɵ̀y mɐ̏n mɐ̀t kʷǔːn] |
Flagstaff House, built in 1846, is the oldest example of Western-style architecture remaining in Hong Kong.[1] It is located at 10 Cotton Tree Drive, Central – within the Hong Kong Park.[2]
It has been a longtime residence of the
History
Flagstaff House had been named as Headquarter House until 1932.[3] The site chosen was a small bluff above the barracks and above Queen's Road, then at the waterfront.
The building was designed in
The west and east wings were shelled during the
After the
The building was declared a monument in 1989.[4] It was restored as far as possible to its original mid-19th-century appearance, structurally reinforced, and the interior was to be modified so that it could be used as a museum.[3]
Museum of Tea Ware
In 1984, it was converted into the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, a branch museum of the Hong Kong Museum of Art. The museum specialises in the collection, study and display of teaware, including many samples of the Yixing teapot, from the Jiangsu of China, as well as the world's oldest known extant teapot.
A new wing, the K.S. Lo Gallery, was built and opened in 1995.
See also
- History of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong tea culture
- List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong
- List of museums in Hong Kong
References
- ^ a b Antiquities and Monuments Office: Declared Monuments in Hong Kong: Flagstaff House Archived 27 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware". Hong Kong Tourism Board. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Eric Cavaliero, Proud house on a hill Archived 8 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, The Standard, 16 January 1997
- ^ "Annex I Listing of Declared Monuments". Environmental Protection Department. Government of Hong Kong. 1 January 1999. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ K.S. Lo Collection of Tea Ware and Seals
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