View of Murray House, Blake Pier, Stanley Bay and the South China Sea from Stanley Plaza, Stanley, Hong Kong, China
Murray House, named after Sir George Murray, British Master-General of the Ordnance, was built in 1846, in Hong Kong Central, as the officers' quarters of Murray Barracks. In 1982 it was dismantled to make way for the new Bank of China Tower. It was eventually restored in 2001 and re-opened in Stanley in 2002, verandas, doric and ionic columns on all sides being a ventilation response to the local climate. Blake Pier, named after Sir Henry Arthur Blake, 12th Governor of Hong Kong, and originally a ferry pier in Hong Kong Central, was dismantled in 1965 in response to a land reclamation project. Rebuilt as a park shelter in Morse Park, Kowloon, it was re-located in Stanley in 2007. Both Murray House and Blake Pier are two icons in Hong Kong's heritage restoration history. Stanley Bay, beyond, is a venue for wind surfing. Stanley Plaza, in the foreground, is a transport hub and small local shopping centre.
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Location: Murray House, Blake Pier, Stanley Plaza, Stanley (Chek Chue), Hong Kong, China
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
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