Murray House, Colonial building in Stanley, Hong Kong.

Murray House is a three-story building featuring Victorian architectural elements with large windows, wide verandas, and substantial columns throughout. Today it houses restaurants and shops accessible via stairs and modern elevators.

Built in 1846 as officers' quarters for Murray Barracks in Central, Murray House was named after Sir George Murray, then Master-General of the Ordnance. During the Japanese occupation it served as the military police command centre and an execution site. Dismantled in 1982 for the Bank of China Tower, its over 3,000 granite blocks were numbered and stored; it reopened in Stanley in 1999.

The building is named after Sir George Murray, the British Master-General of the Ordnance when it was built. Its upper colonnade has round arches added during the 1990s reconstruction, and the flagpoles outside came from the pre-war Tamar naval base. The stone pillars beside it, from Tong Cheong Pawn Shop, were salvaged from buildings demolished for Langham Place.

The building stands on a stone terrace above the rocks and water of Stanley Bay, with a wide central staircase rising to the upper colonnade. The ground-floor arcade and upper verandas are open to visitors, and the site is a short walk from Stanley Plaza and Blake Pier.

Workers numbered and cataloged over 3000 individual stone blocks during the dismantling process to ensure precise reassembly. This meticulous documentation allowed the entire building to be faithfully reconstructed in its new location.