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Map of Western District and Peak Route Section B
Old Halls of The University of Hong Kong Main Building of The University of Hong Kong Hung Hing Ying Building of The University of Hong Kong Elliot Pumping Station and Filters with Staff Quarters Former Fung Ping Shan Museum(University Museum and Art Gallery of The University of Hong Kong) Tang Chi Ngong Building of The University of Hong Kong(Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole) King's College Kau Yan Church Old Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital(Western District Community Centre) Main Building of St. Stephen's Girls' Colleg Original Site of Diocesan Boys' School Old Lunatic Asylum (Chinese Block)(Eastern Street Methadone Clinic) Old Mental Hospital(Sai Ying Pun Community Complex) Former Upper Levels Police Station(South Wing of David Trench Rehabilitation Centre) St. Louis School Former Western Fire Station(Po Leung Kuk Chan Au Big Yan Home for the Elderly) Fok Hing Tong, Hong Kong Society for the Promotion of Virtue Lo Pan Temple

Kau Yan Church

97A High Street

Kau Yan Church

The site was originally home to a church, together with a school and offices, built in 1861 by the Basel Mission for a congregation from the Hakka community. The Tsung Tsin Mission was established in 1924 to take over the church, which was granted independence in 1927 subject to the church being rebuilt and renamed Kau Yan Church. Completed in 1932, it was designed by Palmer & Turner Architects in concrete and stone in the Gothic Revival style with pointed arches and applied buttresses. From the tower above the altar at the northern end, the building naturally follows the slope of the terrain. The adjoining school and residential site were redeveloped in 1958 and then again in 1995.

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