"This is the oldest surviving school building constructed for the children of foreign residents in Hong Kong. Ho Tung (later Sir Robert Ho Tung) donated $15,000 to the government in 1900 to found a school in Kowloon. Officially opened on 19 April 1902, the building is a typical Victorian structure, but was modified to suit the local climate with the addition of wide verandas, high ceilings and pitched roofs. It houses the Antiquities and Monuments Office after its restoration.

前九龍英童學校是本港現存最古舊的英童學校建築。何東先生（後晉封爵士）於一九○○年捐贈一萬五千元資助港府於九龍半島興建新校，學校於一九○二年四月十九日正式開幕。校舍為典型維多利亞時代建築，但亦因應本港氣候環境，建有寬闊遊廊，高樓面及金字瓦頂等。重修後，闢作古物古蹟辦事處辦公地方。" -- The Antiquities and Monuments Office website

Former Kowloon British School was declared a monument in 1991