# Buildings at 16, and 17, Niuyangsi Alley

> Buildings at 16, and 17, Niuyangsi Alley (LSJZ5-4) is a declared historic building of Hangzhou, listed in 2010. Built in the late Qing dynasty.

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Updated: 2026-10-30

**Buildings at 16, and 17, Niuyangsi Alley** (牛羊司巷16、17号建筑) is a Qing-era traditional house in Hangzhou, China, built in the late Qing dynasty. The city declared it a protected historic building on 22 March 2010, as number LSJZ5-4 in the fifth batch of 43.

## What the listing says

The city's description, as summarised on English Wikipedia: Constructed in the late Qing Dynasty, they are two-story courtyard residential building in timber structure.

## Key facts

**Buildings at 16, and 17, Niuyangsi Alley at a glance**

| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| List number | LSJZ5-4 |
| Chinese name | 牛羊司巷16、17号建筑 |
| Batch | [Fifth batch](/fifth-batch), announced 22 March 2010 |
| Built | Late Qing dynasty |
| Type | [Qing dynasty houses](/qing-dynasty-houses) |

## Where it fits

Traditional houses of the Qing dynasty (1644–1912) on Hangzhou's list are mostly timber-framed courtyard houses of one or two storeys, closed to the street by walls and gateways. They stand in the lanes of the old city, along the canal and the Qiantang River at Xixing and Changhe, and in the towns and villages of Xiaoshan and Yuhang. [All the qing dynasty houses on the list](/qing-dynasty-houses).

It belongs to the [fifth batch](/fifth-batch), announced on 22 March 2010: 43 buildings, including Qing lanes of the old city, factories and warehouses of the 1950s to 1980s, and rural houses in Xiaoshan.

## 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

- [Buildings at 5, 6, 7, and 9, Yuanbao Street](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/元宝街5号6号7号9号建筑): LSJZ5-3, between late qing dynasty and the early republic of china
- [Building of Zhejiang Design Institute of Water Conservancy & Hydraulic Power](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/浙江省水利水电勘测设计院建筑): LSJZ5-5, early 1950s

## Sources and licence

- Description: adapted from the English Wikipedia article [List of fifth batch of declared historic buildings in Hangzhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fifth_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 杭政函〔2010〕85号 of 22 March 2010.
- The text of this page is available under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

## Frequently asked questions

### When was Buildings at 16, and 17, Niuyangsi Alley declared a historic building?

On 22 March 2010, as number LSJZ5-4 in the fifth batch of 43 historic buildings announced by the Hangzhou municipal government (杭政函〔2010〕85号).

### What does LSJZ5-4 mean?

It is the building's number on the city's list. LSJZ abbreviates *lishi jianzhu*, "historic building"; 5 is the batch and 4 its place in that batch.