Yuen's Mansion, Mui Wo, Lantau, Hong Kong, August 2018

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1. The History
Yuen's Mansion, also known as "Yu De Li Wai", is a characteristic old house located in the bridgehead village of Mui Wo Chung Kau, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. The old house was built in the 1920s and the 1940s out of granite. On December 18, 2009, it was assessed as a Grade II historic building. The complex includes six buildings in total; a main house, a former house, a barn, Dong Geng Lou, Xi Geng Lou and a hut adjacent to Dong Geng Lou.

The Yuan House was built by Yuan Huazhao, a former member of the Chinese Nationalist Party. During World War II, he played a role in anticipation and defence against the Japanese invasion. A part of the housing estate is now abandoned. The other part is a dormitory for workers in nearby holiday homes. There is still one cannon in the house. The four major buildings (view tower) in Mui Wo are composed of these two buildings, the Luti Pond and the Butterfly Hill.

Current owner, Yuen Chit-chi, recently criticised the local government for a decade of drainage work near the historic site that has left it sinking.

2. The Explore
Bit of a mini-explore. Our table at a restaurant wasn’t ready for half-an-hour so with a bit of time to kill I hiked over to this place, having vague memories of previously seen this place. It paid off as the place was where I thought it was and was relatively easily accessible. From the outside the watch-tower and attached building look to be pretty sturdy but once inside you see that it is very much a shell of a building. All the same a nice little boutique explore.

3. The Pictures

The watch-tower built out of chunky granite blocks:

43793128255_ec0926497b_b.jpgimg9283 by HughieDW, on Flickr

This bit doesn’t look too steady:

43984361584_a98bd0569c_b.jpgimg9282 by HughieDW, on Flickr

44653709302_6469e05afc_b.jpgimg9280 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Front elevation:

43984462664_d1cc0cf65e_b.jpgimg9279 by HughieDW, on Flickr

43793297275_5d14abe497_b.jpgimg9278 by HughieDW, on Flickr

44702200961_d857d58acb_b.jpgimg9277 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Heritage house to the left:

43793813405_1cf3238212_b.jpgimg9266 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Inside we go:

44653863352_e661731fdc_b.jpgimg9275 by HughieDW, on Flickr

All the window frames have fallen out:

29765631657_2c2e945c2c_b.jpgimg9271 by HughieDW, on Flickr

And the doors too:

43985066924_783712c456_b.jpgimg9263 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Remains of an old bed-head:

44702294151_35ff9f5811_b.jpgimg9273 by HughieDW, on Flickr

The first floor has completely collapsed:

43793522255_941886649a_b.jpgimg9272 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Leaving this sink high and dry:

44654066442_ccec75d22b_b.jpgimg9270 by HughieDW, on Flickr

44702572221_0c3918babf_b.jpgimg9269 by HughieDW, on Flickr

New buildings have sprung up nearby:

30832464478_0660e21dcc_b.jpgimg9267 by HughieDW, on Flickr

At least the external walls look sturdy:

43985030084_ecdddae48c_b.jpgimg9264 by HughieDW, on Flickr

44702834601_d8ee059249_b.jpgimg9262 by HughieDW, on Flickr
 
Brilliant hughie.such a varying amount of stuff
 
hahaha this made me laugh HD...I'd have turned up to the restaurant 6hrs too late and covered in shit, hope you enjoyed your meal too:glee:
 
hahaha this made me laugh HD...I'd have turned up to the restaurant 6hrs too late and covered in shit, hope you enjoyed your meal too:glee:

Ha ha...that wouldn't have gone down too well! The frustrating thing was right next to the restaurant was a MASSIVE abandoned school that I walked straight past without noticing because I was on a mission. Hey ho...next time.
 

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