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by
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The
Former
Pumping
Station
of
Water
Supplies
Department
is
located
at
345
Shanghai
Street,
Yau
Ma
Tei,
Kowloon,
Hong
Kong.
It
is
the
oldest
waterworks
facility
in
Kowloon.
It
was
assessed
as
a
first-class
history
by
the
Hong
Kong
Antiquities
and
Monuments
Office
on
December
18,
2009.
building.
The
dormitory
was
built
in
1895
and
is
two
storeys
high.
It
is
also
known
as
the
Red
Brick
House
because
it
was
built
with
red
brick.
The
building
belongs
to
the
colonial
neoclassical
design
and
blends
with
the
style
of
the
“art
craft
movement”.
Originally
the
Office
of
the
Engineers
of
the
Old
Waterworks
Department,
it
was
part
of
the
first
waterworks
facility
in
Kowloon,
the
tap
water
pumping
station.
Some
of
the
nearby
waterworks
buildings
have
already
been
demolished.
Since
1920,
it
has
been
changed
to
the
old
Yau
Ma
Tei
Post
Office,
public
toilets
and
refuse
collection
points,
and
later
became
the
home
of
the
street
sleepers.
The
Urban
Renewal
Authority
of
Hong
Kong
and
Sun
Hung
Kai
Properties
have
planned
to
remove
the
red
brick
houses
and
have
objected
to
those
who
advocate
the
protection
of
cultural
relics
before
they
can
be
retained.
Adjacent
private
residences
(No.
8
Waterloo
Road)
canceled
some
of
the
lower-rise
units
and
replaced
them
with
long
columns
to
preserve
the
red
brick
house,
the
only
remaining
old
building
in
Hong
Kong.
In
2006,
after
many
years,
the
government
finally
decided
to
spend
HK$80
million
to
convert
the
red
brick
house
and
the
adjacent
Yau
Ma
Tei
Theatre
into
a
traditional
art
performance
center.
It
will
have
more
than
300
seats
and
is
scheduled
to
be
completed
from
2011
to
2012.
From
December
2012
to
March
2013,
the
relevant
units
organised
guided
tours
to
allow
the
public
to
shuttle
between
the
Yau
Ma
Tei
Theatre
and
the
Yau
Ma
Tei
Pumping
Station.
In
October
2016,
the
Red
Brick
House
became
the
office
of
the
Yau
Ma
Tei
Theatre,
a
rehearsal
space
for
performances
and
a
small
shop
selling
souvenirs
of
Chinese
opera.
(Original)
油麻地抽水站宿舍（英語：Former
Pumping
Station
of
Water
Supplies
Department）位於香港九龍油麻地上海街345號，是位於九龍最古老的水務設施，於2009年12月18日獲得香港古物古蹟辦事處評定爲一級歷史建築物。
宿舍建於1895年，兩層高，因用紅磚建成而又稱為紅磚屋。建築屬於殖民地新古典主義設計，並揉合「美術工藝運動」的風格。
它原為舊水務署工程師辦公室，是九龍首個水務設施——自來水抽水站的一部分，附近的一些水務建築則早已被清拆。
自1920年起，它曾經被更改為舊油麻地郵政局、公廁及垃圾收集站，後來更成為露宿者之家。
香港市區重建局及新鴻基地產曾經計劃清拆紅磚屋，引起主張保護文物的人士反對，才得以保留。
鄰接的私人住宅（窩打老道8號）取消部分低層單位，改以長柱支撐樓身，以保存紅磚屋這香港碩果僅存的古舊建築。
2006年，政府經過多年時間，最終決定耗資8,000萬港元將紅磚屋及鄰近的油麻地戲院改建成傳統曲藝表演中心，將設逾300個座位，預定於2011年至2012年竣工。
2012年12月至2013年3月，有關單位舉辦導賞團，讓公眾穿梭油麻地戲院及油麻地抽水站宿舍。
2016年10月，紅磚屋成為油麻地戲院的辦公室、表演排練空間及出售有關中國戲曲紀念品的小商店。
