And here’s one taken by my sister, looking up at what was the dog’s garden.
Of note, there is Tregunter 3, on the site of Abermore Court, but see it’s only about 12 Stories, not 66!
I don’t know if it was demolished in ’93 and rebuilt, o just extended.
To the left, Aigberth Hall, a 1920’s building, and a 6 story building which i guess was called Valverde, but I’m not sure.
To the right, the Car parks for Aigberth Hall.
Now here’s a good one,
Old Peak Road c.1989
Here is a picture of the second Tregunter building.
Below is the “dogs garden” I mentioned before, and you probably can’t see the staircase from May road, past the Dogs Garden then following the Nullah up to Tregunter, prior to ’54 it ran up to the upper block of Tregunter, after that it finished at a blank wall. There was a bridge over the nullah to the Children’s Garden.
The podium was extended over the nullah to make a larger building site.
The Fah Wong’s house and the covered car park are built on the site of Friston Cottage. The staircase was original, and there were traces of the original paving as well.
Old Peak Road
The following buildings are currently listed for Old Peak Road:
Building Floors Year
Dynasty Court 1-2 47 1991
Thorn Cliff 46
Dynasty Court 3-5 46 1992
Hillsborough Court 1-2 41 1994
Hillsborough Court 3-4 39 1994
3 Garden Terrace 38 1984
Two Garden Terrace 38 1984
Queen’s Garden 34 1992
Pine Court 12 1960
From My Memory in the 1970s
Right Side
1 Canossa Hospital
3 Kam Yuen Mansions 3 stories 1959 – date
Pine Court 12 stories 1960- date
11 Queens Gardens 6 buildings c.1885 – 1937 (gwulo.com dates it as 1889 – I think earlier)
Queens Gardens 7 stories pre-1950 – May 1982
Queens Gardens 34 stories 1992 – date
Glenealy School ? 1959 – demolished 16 April 1982.
13 Victoria Lodge – the Residence of the French Consulate General 1895 –
Half was demolished in 1956 to build Friston, the rest in 1982
Destiny Court 47 Stories 1991 – date
15 The other half of Victoria Lodge
Friston 1956 – 1982
Destiny Court 1982 – date
17 Charter House x-war time
Balmacara 1956 – 1982
Destiny Court 47 Stories 1982 – date
Left Side
2-8 ?
10 LRC 1886 – date
On May rd
Abermor Court (on May road) 5 or 6 stories 1931 to around 1982
Tregunter 3 12 stories 1982 – 93 66 stories 1993 – date
14 Tregunter Mansions 2 blocks of 3 stories pre-1919 – 1954 accessed from May Road
Tregunter Mansions 10-14 stories 1954 – 1982
address on Tregunter Path, Road access from Old Peak Road
Tregunter 1 and 2 34 stories 1982 – date, Road access from Tregunter Path
16 Friston Cottage pre-1919 (maybe 1905?) – 1954 (rarely seen in pictures)
18 Luginsland 3 stories c.1890 – 1965
Luginsland 19 stories 1965 – 1993
Hillsborough Court 41 stories 1994 – date
22 St Andrews 2 story house x – wartime
Douglas Apartments 7 Stories pre-1950 – 1993
Hillsborough Court 41 stories 1994 – date
May Road
? Thorpe Manor 4 stories x – 1970
Mayfair 37 stories 1998- date
? Gladdon car parks + 1 story x – date
? House 2 stories
Century Towers 31 stories 1971 – date
? Century 2 24 stories 1992 – date
? House 2stories x – 1961
Apartments (not called May Towers) 5 stories 1961 – 1971
May Towers 31 stories 1974 – date
? May 2 29 stories 1992 -date
9 Aigburth Hall 5 stories pre-war – x
Aigburth Hall 48 stories 1999 – date
11 House 2 stories – occupied in the 1960s and 70s by Mr Deveraux
(I cant spell that) from Hong Kong Land
apartment (maybe valverde) 6 stories 1970s – 1998
Valverde 36 stories 1998 – date
Tregunter Mansions (see above)
? Clovelly Court 2 Stories
Clovelly Court 3-4 stories c.1956 – 1994
Clovelly Court 44 stories 1994-date
Tregunter Path
Ava Mansions (I think it’s the name) 3 stories 1920’s – 1975
Branksome Crest 47 stories 2003 – date
Branksome Towers 3 stories 1920’s – 1975
Branksome Grand 25 stories 1976 – date
10 Tavistock 14 stories 1964 – Date
Tavistock 2 35 stories 1999 – date
Tregunter Mansions (see above)
Friston Cottage Pre 1919 (maybe 1905) – 1954
Would have been accessed from the old peak road end of Tregunter Path,
which was a footpath until the early 60s
To my knowledge, there have been 3 buildings called Tregunter. The first dates from after WW1 (pre 1919), in 2 blocks, one lower down accessed from May road, and parallel to it. And an upper block at right angles to it, which could have been accessed from Tregunter Path. Both blocks were 3 stories.
The second was built around 1954 was roughly the same place as the upper block, but parallel to May road, and it was extended over the watercourse from the hillside. it was 10 stories at one end up to 14 stories at the other. The lower block was demolished, and was left as a grass. There was a sign “the Dogs Garden”, I remember from around 1966. Yes, they set aside a field to lets dogs run around.
The third buildings date from around 1983 and are around 38 stories, Tregunter 3 is on the other side of the nullah, from the original block of tregunter, and is 66 stories, replacing another building on May road. (more to come later).
The Dog’s garden now supports the car park and swimming pool of Tregunter.
Old buildings of Tregunter 1919-1954
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The house is called Friston Cottage. It was gone before I was born.
City Boundary Marker - Old Peak Road
I lived on Old Peak Road from 1961 to 1975, about 50yards from here, finding this marker stone was the first time I realized the city is called Victoria. I’m interested in the changes in the buildings, mostly from about 1890 to 1960 – that is, before I was there.
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