# Dengxin Alley Building Cluster

> Dengxin Alley Building Cluster (LSJZ1-40) 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/%E7%81%AF%E8%8A%AF%E5%B7%B7%E5%88%AB%E5%A2%85%E5%BB%BA%E7%AD%91
Updated: 2026-10-30

**Dengxin Alley Building Cluster** (灯芯巷别墅建筑群) 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 LSJZ1-40 in the first batch of 75.

## What the listing says

![Dengxin Alley Building Cluster](https://hangzhoumemory.org/photos/lsjz1-40.webp)

*Dengxin Alley Building Cluster (灯芯巷别墅建筑群). Photo: Laohangzhou, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1-40_Dengxin_Alley_Building_Cluster.jpg).*

The city's description, as summarised on English Wikipedia: Constructed between 1911 and 1949, the four buildings of different shapes are standing in parallel. They were owned by Wang Zhennan, the cousin of Chiang Kai-shek - the former president of the Republic of China.

## Key facts

**Dengxin Alley Building Cluster at a glance**

| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| List number | LSJZ1-40 |
| Chinese name | 灯芯巷别墅建筑群 |
| Batch | [First batch](/first-batch), announced 24 May 2004 |
| Built | Between 1911 and 1949 |
| Listed address | 灯芯巷25号市政府机关幼儿园内 |
| 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.

## On the same street

- [The Building Cluster at No.24, Dengxin Alley](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/灯芯巷24号别墅建筑群): LSJZ2-23, rebuilt in 1992

## 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:1-40_Dengxin_Alley_Building_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 Dengxin Alley Building Cluster?

The city's list gives its address as 灯芯巷25号市政府机关幼儿园内, Hangzhou. Chinese map apps and taxi drivers will recognise the address in Chinese.

### When was Dengxin Alley Building Cluster declared a historic building?

On 24 May 2004, as number LSJZ1-40 in the first batch of 75 historic buildings announced by the Hangzhou municipal government (杭政办函〔2004〕154号).

### What does LSJZ1-40 mean?

It is the building's number on the city's list. LSJZ abbreviates *lishi jianzhu*, "historic building"; 1 is the batch and 40 its place in that batch.