Former Consulate-General of the United Kingdom, Shanghai

The building served as the home of the Consulate-General and British Supreme Court for China until 8 December 1941 when the Japanese occupied the Shanghai International Settlement at the beginning of the Pacific War.

After the war, the Consulate-General returned to the site and remained until 1949 when Britain withdrew its consular staff with the communist occupation of Shanghai.

Thus, on the lower floor, south side, will be the public Court offices, and at the S. E. corner the Police Court; The Magistrate’s office will be in the centre with a fireproof room adjoining, for the safe custody of the legal records.

The entrance to the building will be from either end of a passage running through it from north to south and from the centre of which will spring a stone staircase, branching to the right and left to the upper floor.According to the same article, the foundation stone that was laid read: In the early 1980s the compound was used as the site of the Friendship Store, a store for foreign tourists to buy Chinese products.

In the mid-2000s, the Shanghai government commenced a project to revitalize the Yuanmingyuan Road area, including the consulate.

The project included tearing down both the old Assistant Judge's house and the Friendship Store built in 1985.

These five buildings are important parts of the architecture of the Bund and also boast 27 ancient and famous trees around its magnificent gardens.31°14′39″N 121°29′03″E / 31.2443°N 121.4842°E / 31.2443; 121.4842