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Old Dairy Farm Depot
Old Dairy Farm Depot
Traditional Chinese	舊牛奶公司倉庫
Simplified Chinese	旧牛奶公司仓库
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jiù Niúnǎi Gōngsī Cāngkù
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Gauh ngàuh náaih gūng sī chōng fu
Jyutping	Gau6 ngau4 naai5 gung1 si1 cong1 fu3
Old Dairy Farm Building
Traditional Chinese	舊牛奶公司寫字樓
Simplified Chinese	旧牛奶公司写字楼
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jiù Niúnǎi Gōngsī xiězìlóu
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Gauh ngàuh náaih gūng sī sé jih làuh
Jyutping	Gau6 ngau4 naai5 gung1 si1 se2 zi6 lau4

Old Dairy Farm Depot
Old Dairy Farm Depot
舊牛奶公司倉庫
	A view of the curved, striped end of the South Block from Glenealy
General information
Status	Leased – arts venue & clubhouse
Architectural style	Late Victorian eclectic
Classification	Grade I declared monument
Location	Hong Kong
Address	2 Lower Albert Road, Central
Current tenants	North Foreign Correspondents' Club; South Fringe Club
Construction started	1890
Renovated	1913
Landlord	Government Property Agency
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Danby & Leigh
Main contractor	Dairy Farm
Renovating team
Awards and prizes	Antiquities & Monuments Office's Award of Merit

The Old Dairy Farm Depot along Wyndham Street. Lower Albert Road is on the right.

The Old Dairy Farm Depot, or Old Dairy Farm Building, is a building in Central, Hong Kong, which currently houses the Hong Kong Fringe Club (South Block) and the Foreign Correspondents' Club (North Block). It is located at 2 Lower Albert Road. The back of the building is located along Wyndham Street, while its edge faces Glenealy.^[1]

History

In 1892, Dairy Farm built a low-rise brick and a stucco building on Lower Albert Road in Central for use as a cold storage warehouse. It was designed by Danby & Leigh (now Leigh & Orange).^[2] The original depot only comprised about half (the southern part) of the present premises. This warehouse was later renovated and expanded in 1913, 1917 and 1925 to include a dairy shop, a room for meat smoking, a cold storage room for winter clothes and residency for the general manager. The building later evolved into the company headquarters until the company moved in the 1970s.^[3]

The Foreign Correspondents' Club started occupying the North Block in 1982. The South Block has been leased by the Hong Kong Fringe Club since 1984.^[3] It has undergone many major renovations since the Fringe Club moved in.^{[citation needed]}

Architecture

The building is built in the Eclectic architectural style with strong Neoclassical and some Arts and Crafts influence. The facade features polychromatic "bandaged" brickworks.^[3]

Conservation

The building is located along the Central and Western Heritage Trail.^[4] It was listed as a Grade II historic building in 1981, and as a Grade I historic building in 2009.^[5] The project of renovation and refurbishment of the Old Dairy Farm Building and its conversion into the Hong Kong Fringe Club was a winner of the 2001 Hong Kong Heritage Awards, organised by the Antiquities Advisory Board and the Antiquities and Monuments Office.^[6]