# Xueshifang Villa Cluster

> Xueshifang Villa Cluster (LSJZ1-20) is a declared historic building of Hangzhou, listed in 2004. Built between 1911 and 1949.

Canonical: https://hangzhoumemory.org/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/%E5%AD%A6%E5%A3%AB%E5%9D%8A%E5%88%AB%E5%A2%85%E5%BB%BA%E7%AD%91
Updated: 2026-10-30

**Xueshifang Villa Cluster** (学士坊别墅建筑) is a villa in Hangzhou, China, built between 1911 and 1949. The city declared it a protected historic building on 24 May 2004, as number LSJZ1-20 in the first batch of 75.

## What the listing says

![Xueshifang Villa Cluster](https://hangzhoumemory.org/photos/lsjz1-20.webp)

*Xueshifang Villa Cluster (学士坊别墅建筑). Photo: Laohangzhou, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1-20_Xueshifang_Villa_Cluster.jpg).*

The city's description, as summarised on English Wikipedia: Constructed between 1911 and 1949, they were 4 brick-stone structured villas in steel color. Today only two of the four on the east part still remain.

## Key facts

**Xueshifang Villa Cluster at a glance**

| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| List number | LSJZ1-20 |
| Chinese name | 学士坊别墅建筑 |
| Batch | [First batch](/first-batch), announced 24 May 2004 |
| Built | Between 1911 and 1949 |
| Listed address | 老学士坊（无门牌号，学士坊路3、4之间） |
| Type | [Villas](/west-lake-villas) |

## Where it fits

Villas are one of the largest groups on Hangzhou's list. Most were built between the 1910s and the 1940s, when officials, bankers, doctors and merchants from Shanghai and Hangzhou built houses on the roads and hillsides around West Lake and in the city's newer streets. Typical features are two or three storeys of brick, or brick and timber, sloping tiled roofs and a mix of Chinese and Western details. [All the villas on the list](/west-lake-villas).

It belongs to the [first batch](/first-batch), announced on 24 May 2004: 75 buildings, from Republican-era villas around West Lake to lane houses, temples and churches in the old city.

## What the listing protects

A listed building may not be altered, moved or demolished without approval. Under the [regulations in force since 1 October 2013](/protection-regulations), each listed building has a protection plan and a sign put up by the city, and falls into one of three protection categories, from keeping its main exterior features to keeping its exterior, plan, structure and details.

Its owner, or for a state-owned building its user, is responsible for upkeep and repairs, and a repair plan must be approved first. The listing does not open a building to the public: most listed buildings are still homes, offices, schools or shops.

## Next to it on the list

- [Yi Lu Villa](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/古城佳话-历史建筑-逸庐): LSJZ1-19, between 1911 and 1949
- [Civilian Residence at 3, Xueshi Road](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/古城佳话-历史建筑-学士路3号建筑): LSJZ1-21, between 1911 and 1949

## Sources and licence

- Description: adapted from the English Wikipedia article [List of first batch of declared historic buildings in Hangzhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_batch_of_declared_historic_buildings_in_Hangzhou), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- Chinese name, period, address and remarks: Chinese Wikipedia, [杭州市历史建筑](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/杭州市历史建筑), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Listing: Hangzhou municipal government notice 杭政办函〔2004〕154号 of 24 May 2004.
- Photo: Laohangzhou, [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), from [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1-20_Xueshifang_Villa_Cluster.jpg). Photos credited to "hangzhoumemory" or "Laohangzhou" were uploaded by the former heritage portal; Hangzhou Memory is not connected with it.
- The text of this page is available under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

## Frequently asked questions

### Where is Xueshifang Villa Cluster?

The city's list gives its address as 老学士坊（无门牌号，学士坊路3、4之间）, Hangzhou. Chinese map apps and taxi drivers will recognise the address in Chinese.

### When was Xueshifang Villa Cluster declared a historic building?

On 24 May 2004, as number LSJZ1-20 in the first batch of 75 historic buildings announced by the Hangzhou municipal government (杭政办函〔2004〕154号).

### What does LSJZ1-20 mean?

It is the building's number on the city's list. LSJZ abbreviates *lishi jianzhu*, "historic building"; 1 is the batch and 20 its place in that batch.