Jessville is a mansion located at 128

Pok Fu Lam Road Pok Fu Lam Road, or Pokfulam Road, is a four-lane road in Hong Kong. Built on Hong Kong Island, the road runs between Sai Ying Pun and Wah Fu, through Pok Fu Lam. Description It runs south from Sai Ying Pun, passing University of Hong Kong, T ...

Pok Fu Lam Pok Fu Lam or Pokfulam is a residential area on Hong Kong Island, at the western end of the Southern District. It is a valley between Victoria Peak and Mount Kellett, around Telegraph Bay. Pok Fu Lam can claim several ''firsts'' in the histo ...

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. The building is built in the

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style.

History

Jessville was built in 1929 by

William Ngartse Thomas Tam William Ngar-tse Thomas Tam, OBE. JP, (21 July 1900 – 8 April 1976) was a magistrate and member of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong. Biography W.N.Thomas Tam ( 譚雅士 ) was born in Hong Kong on 21 July 1900, to a native of Hoi-ping ( ...

, and named in honour of his wife, Jessie TO Pui-Chun.

Conservation

Facing threat of demolition, Jessville was declared a " Proposed monument" in 2007. The declaration was later withdrawn and the building was listed as a Grade III historic building.Withdrawal of the Declaration of the Building at 128 Pok Fu Lam Road as a Proposed Monument
Legislative Council Brief, February 2008.

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* {{Heritage conservation in Hong Kong , state=collapsed Pok Fu Lam Houses completed in 1929 Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong