Marble Hall (Hong Kong)

Marble Hall (Chinese: 雲石堂) was the private residence of Sir Catchick Paul Chater, co-founder of Hongkong Land.

Designed by Leigh & Orange,[1] a most sumptuous residence was constructed from imported marble quarried in Italy and Greece and finished in Belgium.

(p41)[3] He has a lovely house full of wonderful china, and gave us an excellent meal with superlative wine.

His collection of china is well known and, though much of it is said to be faked, the pieces are really beautiful, but the furnishing of the rest of the house is in atrocious tasteChater died in 1926, and bequeathed Marble Hall and its entire contents, including his unique collection of porcelain and paintings, to Hong Kong.

While Chater's wife was allowed to live in Marble Hall as a life tenant until her death in 1935, some source mention that she may have left Hong Kong in 1927.

A 1935 Christmas postcard from Hong Kong, featuring Admiralty House.