Built in 1923-24, it was originally used as a Senior Staff Quarters for the site managers, who worked at the Elliot Pumping Station and Filters, Water Supplies Department. The building is two storeys high and has two four-roomed flats with adjoining servants' quarters.

Its architectural features include multi-casement windows, rough-honed granite walls and French windows. The building is considered as an excellent example of colonial domestic architecture.

It now houses the Hong Kong University Press.


Reference:

Centennial Campus: Heritage. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.hku.hk/cecampus/eng/key/map5.php