Former Kowloon British School, Declared monument in Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong.

The Former Kowloon British School is a declared monument school building in Yau Tsim Mong District featuring Victorian architecture throughout its design. The structure displays red brick walls, arched windows, wide verandas, and high ceilings that were specifically shaped for the local climate.

In 1900 Ho Tung, later Sir Robert, gave $15,000 to the Government to set up a school in Kowloon. The building at 136 Nathan Road was founded with Governor Blake opening it on 19 April 1902, the same day the school took the name Central British School. It began as a primary school for about 60 pupils and became a secondary school in the mid-1930s. The school moved to Ho Man Tin in 1937, closed in August 1940, reopened in 1946 and was renamed King George V School in 1948.

The building shows how colonial times shaped Hong Kong's education system and the role schools played for foreign communities. The spaces still convey today how British and local influences mixed in the architecture.

The building stands at 136 Nathan Road, beside St Andrew's Church, and now serves as the Antiquities and Monuments Office and its heritage resource centre. It is a declared monument under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance, so visitors should check with the office before expecting interior access. From outside, look for the red brick, the encircling verandas and the two-storey south wing against the single-storey centre and north wing.

The building's south wing rises two storeys while the central and north sections are single-storey, with a central hall flanked by classrooms and staff rooms. It was declared a monument on 19 July 1991 and restored in 1992 before becoming the Antiquities and Monuments Office and heritage resource centre.