british consulate

The former British consulate building on Gulangyu Island is a three story red brick building with four corners of brick and stone. The structure is square and rigorous. The floor doors and windows are equipped with shutters to adjust the sun, block the wind and sand, and decorated with fireplace. According to textual research, this house is the representative of the early colonial architectural style of Gulangyu. Founded around 1870, it is the product of the Treaty of Nanjing signed by China and Britain after the Opium War and Xiamen officially became a trading port.

Now it is the exhibition hall of Xiamen Jinquan Coin Museum

british consulate

The British Consulate opened in 1867. It is located in Shandong Road, Yantai, covering an area of more than 60 mu. It is composed of the consulate and a number of ancillary buildings. In addition to combining the local characteristics of Yantai, the early building materials and construction techniques also adopted the "veranda" design of the British in its Asian colony according to the local landscape characteristics of Yantai Mountain. This design has single-sided corridor, double-sided corridor, inner covered corridor and ring corridor, which is oriented to the best position of landscape viewing, and has the characteristics of ventilation, sunshade and temperature insulation. The interior is designed according to European custom, with fireplace and line corner decoration. The style is simple and simple. In the later period, most of the buildings were British style. One of the larger brick and wood structure of the two-story building adopts the "coupon Gallery" style.

In 1987, the museum was announced as a municipal cultural relics protection unit by Yantai Municipal People's government.

In 1992, it was announced as a provincial cultural relic protection unit by Shandong Provincial People's government.

Address: No.5 Zhangzhou Road, Gulangyu, Siming District, Xiamen

Longitude: 118.073064

Latitude: 24.440022