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Berrick Hall

Largest Western-style House in Yamate

The 2,000-square-meter Berrick Hall, completed in 1930, was the largest foreign residence in the Yamate area of Yokohama before World War II. The Berrick Hall is designed in Spanish style with rooms such as a living room, a dining room, a master room, a children's room, and guest rooms, etc.

Completed in 1930 and occupying an area of about 2,000 square meters, the Berrick Hall was the largest foreign residence in the Yamate area of Yokohama before World War II. The owner of the house, B.R. Berrick, was of British origin and spent many years in Yokohama as a merchant, trading paper, silk, and lacquerware. For half a century after World War II, the house was used as a dormitory for St. Joseph’s International School until it was restored and opened in 2000.

The Berrick Hall, Designed in Spanish Style, is decorated with bright colors throughout the house, and the three-arched porch on the front has a unique shape that is not often seen in the area.

Lion Head on the Wall

The first floor of the mansion is the living area, the Spacious Living Room which takes up nearly half of the space and is capable of large parties and family events.

Manywhere Trivia:
There were still many stone buildings in Japan in the early Showa period, but because of the earthquakes, the houses eventually shift from stone structures to wooden structures.

On the second floor is the master’s quarters, with Master Bedroom, a lady’s room and guest rooms, and a Children's Room for his kids, which is the only one of its kind among Yamate Western-style buildings.

The three Bathrooms in the house are decorated in three different styles, and the materials used are of high quality and very elaborate.