Gate Lodge

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title: "Gate Lodge" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["declared-monuments-of-hong-kong", "government-buildings-in-hong-kong", "houses-completed-in-1902", "landmarks-in-hong-kong", "official-residences-in-hong-kong", "victoria-peak", "british-colonial-architecture-in-hong-kong"] description: "Declared monument in Hong Kong" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate_Lodge" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Declared monument in Hong Kong ::

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Field	Value
name	Gate Lodge
native_name	舊總督山頂別墅守衛室
native_name_lang	zh-hant
image	The Mountain Lodge Guard House 2016.jpg
image_size	250px
image_caption	Gate Lodge
architectural_style	Renaissance
location	Victoria Peak
address	Mount Austin Road
location_country	Hong Kong
current_tenants	Leisure and Cultural Services Department
groundbreaking_date	1900
completion_date	1902
owner	Hong Kong Government
designations	Declared monument
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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Peaksummerresidence.jpg" caption="Historical image of the Gate Lodge, with the former [[Mountain Lodge]] in the background."] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Gate_Lodge_-_back.jpg" caption="The back of the building"] ::

Gate Lodge is a small house located at Mount Austin Road on Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Gate Lodge was built between 1900 and 1902 and was one of two gate houses in the former complex known as Mountain Lodge, home to the then Governor of Hong Kong. The Gate Lodge originally served as living quarters for the keeper of Mountain Lodge. However, the main building was demolished in 1946. The Gate Lodge remains, but no longer used as an official residence. It was declared as a monument in 1995 and it is now preserved in Victoria Peak Garden and used as a site office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

Designed to resemble a Scottish mansion, it is designed in the Renaissance style. The Mount Austin Road façade has rounded corners and triangular friezes.

Future development

To put the building to meaningful use and leverage its historical legacy, Senior Government Architect Raymond Fung said it will be used as a public gallery.

"What we are going to do is to open this gate door, so that you can enter this 100 sqft space inside where we will put pictures and descriptions about the history of Victoria City and also Hong Kong in general, therefore giving information of our history to visitors."

References

References

1. "古物古蹟辦事處 - 香港法定古蹟 - 香港島 (161)".
2. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090305213424/http://www3.news.gov.hk/ISD/ebulletin/en/category/infrastructureandlogistics/050922/features/html/050922en06001.htm Visitors' hotspot to undergo facelift]", news.gov.hk 25 September 2005 (archive)

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