Former French Mission Building

The Former French Mission Building is a declared monument located on Government Hill at 1, Battery Path, Central, Hong Kong.

The present three-storey building opened in 1917 as the result of a major renovation, also described as an "extensive rebuilding", of the previous structure.

[2][3] The building is probably based on a previous structure near the site known as "Beaconsfield", but it is clad in red brick rather than an all white façade.

The building then had several owners, including Emanuel R. Belilios,[6] and was occupied among others by the tai-pans of Augustine Heard and Company, a trading firm that went bankrupt in 1876.

[9] In the process, a chapel topped by a cupola was added in the north-west corner, and the building was refaced with red bricks.

The building in the late 19th century, then a residence of Augustine Heard and Company . St. John's Cathedral is visible on the left.
Back of the Former French Mission Building.
Entrance as the Court of Final Appeal (left).