First batch · LSJZ1-49
Heng Lu Villa
Heng Lu Villa (恒庐) 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 LSJZ1-49 in the first batch of 75.
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What the listing says
The city's description, as summarised on English Wikipedia: Constructed between 1911 and 1949, it is a three-story villa with slope-roof and in plain-brick style.
Heng Lu was built in 1935 by the physician Zhang Xingyi at 202 Nanshan Road. The main house is a Western-style building of three storeys including the attic, in blue brick, with about 20 rooms, behind a boundary wall of large rocks; the calligrapher Yu Shaosong wrote the inscription over the gate.
After 1949 it became a multi-family residence. When the southern shore of West Lake was redeveloped in 2002 the plot was auctioned, and the main building was taken down and rebuilt; it now houses the Heng Lu Art Museum.
Key facts
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| List number | LSJZ1-49 |
| Chinese name | 恒庐 |
| Batch | First batch, announced 24 May 2004 |
| Built | Between 1911 and 1949 |
| Listed address | 南山路202号 |
| Type | 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.
It belongs to the 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, 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 Former Residence of Huang Fu: LSJZ1-34, between 1911 and 1949
- The Former Residence of Guo Linshuang: LSJZ1-35, between 1911 and 1949
- Villa at 182, Nanshan Road: LSJZ1-44, 1933
- Villa at 214, Nanshan Road: LSJZ1-45, between 1911 and 1949
- Villa at 210, Nanshan Road: LSJZ1-46, between 1911 and 1949
- Villa at 206, Nanshan Road: LSJZ1-47, between 1911 and 1949
- Villa at 204, Nanshan Road: LSJZ1-48, between 1911 and 1949
- The Building at 1, Alley 178, Nanshan Road: LSJZ2-17, 1930s
Sources and licence
- Description: adapted from the English Wikipedia article List of first batch of declared historic buildings in Hangzhou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Chinese name, period, address and remarks: Chinese Wikipedia, 杭州市历史建筑 and the building's own article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Listing: Hangzhou municipal government notice 杭政办函〔2004〕154号 of 24 May 2004.
- Photo: hangzhoumemory, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons. 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.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Heng Lu Villa?
The city's list gives its address as 南山路202号, Hangzhou. Chinese map apps and taxi drivers will recognise the address in Chinese.
When was Heng Lu Villa declared a historic building?
On 24 May 2004, as number LSJZ1-49 in the first batch of 75 historic buildings announced by the Hangzhou municipal government (杭政办函〔2004〕154号).
What does LSJZ1-49 mean?
It is the building's number on the city's list. LSJZ abbreviates lishi jianzhu, "historic building"; 1 is the batch and 49 its place in that batch.
Keep reading
- The First Batch of Hangzhou Historic Buildings (2004)The first batch of Hangzhou historic buildings: 75 buildings declared on 24 May 2004, each with its number, period, address and a page of its own.
- Hangzhou Villas: West Lake and the Old CityHangzhou villas on the city's historic buildings list: 54 Republican-era houses on Beishan, Nanshan and Lingyin roads and in the old city, with a page each.
- Hangzhou Historic Building Regulations: What a Listing MeansHangzhou historic building regulations in plain English: what can be listed, the three protection categories, owners' duties, fines and the 2023 city-wide law.
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