Stone Manor, Grade II historic building and villa in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Stone Manor is a three-storey European-style house at 33 Sassoon Road, Pok Fu Lam, with a garage, designed by Little, Adams and Wood in a Tudor style and completed around 1930. Its windows, chimneys, gables, parapets and the garage's arched doorway show Tudor influence, and a heraldic beast with the Latin motto Samper Fidelis is carved on the glass windows and main gate.
The villa dates from the colonial period and was later designated as a Grade II historic building due to its historical importance. This recognition protects the structure and highlights its role in Hong Kong's architectural heritage.
The structure shows how European residential design became part of Hong Kong's landscape and continues to shape the neighborhood's character today. The stonework and details tell of an era when such buildings defined the city's appearance.
Stone Manor stands at 33 Sassoon Road in Pok Fu Lam, Southern District; the site is a private residence, so the house and garage are seen from the street rather than entered. From the road, look for the Tudor-influenced windows, chimneys, gables and the garage arches, and the carved beast emblem on the gate.
The gate and glass windows carry a heraldic beast emblem with the Latin motto Samper Fidelis, meaning "reverent god". The house was renamed Kwan Ming Yuen during the Japanese occupation of 1941–1945, when it and its garage stayed in the Wong family's hands and a British Army lieutenant was stationed there.
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