The Former Lau Fau Shan Police Station
Historical Background
The Former Lau Fau Shan Police Station was built in 1962 to replace an earlier police station on the same site. Strategically located at the top of a small hill of Lau Fau Shan town, overlooking Ping Shan in the east and Deep Bay and Shenzhen in the west, it was an outpost and operational base of the Hong Kong police to keep a watch on illegal immigration, a function that it had fulfilled for decades. Moreover, the Lau Fau Shan Automatic Weather Station was operated there during the 1980s to meet the growing demands for regional meteorological data for engineering projects in areas under development. In 2000 the squad stationed in this police station was incorporated into the manpower of Tin Shui Wai Police Station and the site was vacant. The site was accorded as Grade 3 historic building in 2014
Architectural Merits
It is an utilitarian building of the 1960s. It is a three stories high concrete beamed split level building built to a U-shaped plan. The elevations consist of expressed reinforced concrete columns and beams with infill panels which can act as sun shading fins. There are offices, cells and toilets with metal grille and window shutters to some of the windows. Outside the main entrance in the G/F level, there is a loading/unloading area for guns with floor mattress and a metal structure. There are two circular structures at the roof level, which are the signature feature of this building. The former staff of the police station called these two circular structures as “gun batteries”.
前流浮山警署
歷史背景
前流浮山警署（下稱“警署”）重建於1962年。警署處於山頂位置，可俯瞰屏山、后海灣及深圳。數十年來，它一直是香港警方作為一個監視偷渡活動的前哨和行動基地。自80年代，有部份被天文台用作天氣站。2000年，駐守這警署的警署編隊轉到天水圍警署駐防，警署便停止運作，並一直空置至今。警署於2014年被古物諮詢委員會評定為三級歷史建築。
建築特色
前流浮山警署是一幢三層高的鋼筋混凝土建築，屬60年代的功能式建築。建築物平面呈U型，外牆立面為凸出的柱樑及陷入的牆身，具有阻隔陽光功能。內部保留了辦公室，拘留室及洗手間，一些窗門更有鐵柵及防衞窗板。在地面樓層的主入口外，保留了一個由金屬結構物和地墊組成的入彈處及退彈處。警署屋頂建有兩個別具特色的圓形結構，被警署前職員稱為「砲台」。
[Reference:
https://www.heritage.gov.hk/en/revitalisation-scheme/batch-v-of-revitalisation-scheme/virtual-tour-on-batch-v-historic-buildings/the-former-lau-fau-shan-police-station/index.html
https://www.hkia.net/zh-HK/awards-gallery/3/hkia-special-awards/detail/234]