Former British Embassy, Nanjing 英国驻华使馆旧址Yīngguó Zhù Huá Shǐguǎn Jiùzhǐ

About Former British Embassy, Nanjing

Known locally as the Little White Building, this was the seat of the British legation in Nanjing, raised to an embassy in 1935; the embassy moved to Chongqing in 1938, returned in 1946 and closed in 1949. Two buildings survive from the compound: an office building in English classical style with a colonnaded front on a raised terrace, and a country-villa-style residence with a red-tiled roof. Both now belong to the Shuangmenlou Hotel, where the former embassy building is used as a restaurant.

How to get to Former British Embassy, Nanjing

At 185 Huju North Road near Yijiang Gate in Gulou District, about 4 km north-west of the Drum Tower; both buildings are inside the working Shuangmenlou Hotel, where the former embassy building is open to the public as a restaurant.

Nearby

• Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 under 10 km
  Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai
• City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 under 10 km
  The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate
• Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 under 10 km
  A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb

Also within 20 km: Yuejiang Tower 阅江楼 (under 10 km), Yangtze River Crossing Victory Memorial Hall 渡江胜利纪念馆 (under 10 km), Longjiang Treasure Shipyard Site 龙江宝船厂遗址 (under 10 km), Former Nanjing Office of the Eighth Route Army 八路军驻京办事处旧址 (under 10 km), Pukou Railway Station 浦口火车站 (under 10 km), Xuanwu Lake 玄武湖 (under 10 km).

On the map

Open Former British Embassy, Nanjing on the illustrated map to see the terrain around it and what else is close, and to add it to a trip.

Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)