The Former French Mission Building is a declared monument located on Government Hill at 1, Battery Path, Central, Hong Kong. It housed the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong from 1 July 1997 to 6 September 2015.
　　The building is built on a podium due to the hilly nature of Government Hill. The building was altered in the 1870s and 1880s to a three-story building. The present three-story building opened in 1917 as the result of a major renovation, also described as an "extensive rebuilding", of the previous structure.
　　The original structure on this site dated back to 1842. The first Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Henry Pottinger resided there from 1843 to 1846. His successor, John Francis Davis also lived there for a while, before moving to Caine Road. The building likely served as one of the earlier homes of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong during this period (1843–1846). The building then had several owners, including Emanuel R. Belilios, and was occupied among others by the tai-pans of Augustine Heard and Company, a trading firm that went bankrupt in 1876. It was also used by HSBC and was once home to the Russian Consulate.
　　The building was used briefly by the Government before Hong Kong fell to the Japanese in 1941. Immediately after the Second World War, it was made the temporary headquarters of the Provisional Hong Kong Government. The French Mission and the Hong Kong Government signed a contract for the transaction of the building in 1952. Since 1953, the building was occupied successively by the Education Department, Victoria District Court, the Supreme Court and the Information Services Department. It housed the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal between 1997 and 2015.
　　Dating from the Edwardian period, the three-story building with a basement is constructed in granite and red bricks in the Neo-classical style. A chapel is incorporated in the north-west corner. It has undergone several alterations since the Second World War, but many historical architectural features can still be seen in the building. For example, the hall on the ground floor with its ornate columns, wooden staircase and vaulted ceiling and the well-proportioned inner courtyard qualify the building as one of the finest pieces of historical architecture in Hong Kong.
　　Upon relocation of the Court of Final Appeal to the Old Supreme Court Building at 8 Jackson Road, Central in September 2015, and after completion of the necessary procedures and renovation works, the space will be provided to law-related organization to facilitate their setting up and developing services in Hong Kong.