✔ 最佳答案
諾士佛臺與區內大部分地方的發展一樣,是建於山坡之上,所有房屋均遠高於金巴利道,以享受涼風的吹拂。諾士佛臺下方,沿金巴利道一帶的用地也屬於九龍內陸地段六百七十一號的範圍,曾發展為兩幅大面積的公眾花園用地,供後面的十六家住戶使用。花園中間設有一條通往後面房屋的小徑(這條小徑至今仍然存在)。這片花園用地曾有部分發展為網球場,其餘部分則為種有花草樹木的花園。
一九二三年, Kowloon Land 把諾士佛臺物業賣給王氏( Wong family )家族。王氏家族決定將諾士佛臺前面的花園改建為更多房屋,因此於一九二五年動工興建沿金巴利道正面一帶的平台。不過,新發展區中央的一小片用地仍然保留作花園用途。到了一九五○年代初,這片用地最終也被新的樓房所掩蓋。
一九四○年代末到五○年代初,王氏家族將該地段劃分為多個部分,並把房屋逐一出售。經過這次分拆售樓後,諾士佛臺於一八九五年落成的大部分舊樓便迅速被拆卸,重建為樓高五至六層的樓房。在過去十五年間,這些戰後初期建成的樓宇又相繼改建成高樓大廈。
Knutsford Terrace
History
Before the construction of Knutsford Terrace, the slope consisted of gardens north of Kimberley Road. Starting from 1875, Kowloon Land and Building Company bought the land lots piece by piece and completed its purchases in 1888. The terrace was possibly built in 1895 with a row of sixteen small villas. It was then accessible from Observatory Road. Below the terrace were communal gardens with a tennis court on Kimberley Road. An access path was built to the terrace.
In 1923, the premises was sold to Wong's family and more houses were built on the garden along Kimberley Road. When the premises were sold house by house in the 1950s and 60s, they were quickly replaced with multi-storey buildings.
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