油麻地佐敦道九龍佑寧堂Kowloon Union Church, Jordan Road, Yau Ma Tei

歷史背景Historical background

九龍佑寧堂位於佐敦道四號，是香港其中一間最早的跨宗派教會，由倫敦傳道會興建，獲遮打爵士捐助。1922年，九龍居民聯署請願，促請政府撥地興建跨宗派教堂；1930年5月27日由輔政司修頓奠基，1931年4月10日由總督貝璐爵士揭幕。教堂具垂直哥德式建築特色，有中式瓦斜屋頂和紅磚承重牆，配灰色花崗石台階和窗框；一端為半圓形後殿，另一端為三層城垛式塔樓，方形塔身以清水紅磚砌成，綴以花崗石裝飾。日佔期間教堂停用，被日軍改作馬廄，遭搶掠破壞，1947年10月19日重開。教堂2017年列為法定古蹟。

Kowloon Union Church at 4 Jordan Road is one of the earliest inter-denominational churches in Hong Kong, built by the London Missionary Society with support from Sir Paul Chater. In 1922 Kowloon residents petitioned for a site; the foundation stone was laid on 27 May 1930 by Colonial Secretary W.T. Southorn, and the church opened on 10 April 1931 under Governor Sir William Peel. It has Perpendicular Gothic features, a pitched Chinese-tiled roof, red load-bearing brick walls and contrasting grey granite steps and window surrounds, with a semi-circular apse at one end and an attached three-storey battlemented tower at the other. During the Japanese Occupation the church was turned into a stable and badly looted; it reopened on 19 October 1947. It was declared a monument in 2017.

香港紀事館編輯整理；來源：Compiled by Hong Kong Story; sources: 古物古蹟辦事處AMO紀事館古蹟頁Monument page

附近影相位Nearby photo spot

廟街 · 約 355 米about 355 m · 夜景、街拍、藍調

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