It was named after Sir George Murray, the Master-General of the Ordnance at the time of construction.

It was situated between present Garden Road and Cotton Tree Drive.

The Barracks was located at present Asia Pacific Centre and the Officer's Quarters, also known as Officer's Mess, was located at present Bank of China Tower, close to Queen's Road, (present-day Queensway).

[2] The quarter was known as Officer's Mess in the early days of Hong Kong.

Before the construction of Bank of China Tower, Murray House was dismantled brick-by-brick in the mid-1980s and later rebuilt in Stanley.