Character Defining Elements. Key character defining elements can be summarized as follows: • Tradition of agricultural use on the property; • The terraced hillside site of the barn and dairy, and above it, the house; • The views to the west across the lowland; • The remains of the painted sign "Meadowcrest Farm/X. Xxxx & Sons", originally Meadow Ridge; • The form, massing and materials of the barn, including the complex plan, which reflects the stages of growth, and the siting within the sloping hillside allowing access to both levels of the 1936-39 barn from grade; • Features of the two 1930s portions of the barn, including the split shake xxxxxxx roof with projecting peaks at the ends, horizontal wood drop siding with vertical trim, the interior wood arched truss frame and the heavy timber framing in the lower level of the potato barn; • The interior fittings of the Dairy building and loading dock for milk cans associated with the dairy operation; • The Dairy building, including its massing, pair of hipped roofs, materials and detailing (horizontal wood siding and 9-pane wood-sash windows); • The farmhouse, including its massing, gabled roof form with canted ridge ends (modified after a chimney fire in the late 1930s), materials and detailing (shingle walls and 3-over-1 wood-sash windows); and • The farmhouse landscape.
Character Defining Elements. 3.4.2 Character defining elements of the Second Empire and Italianate styles of architecture of the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx House include, but are not limited to, three storey height, bell-cast mansard roof, asymmetrical front façade with corner tower, bay window with copper roof, raised first floor level, tall entrance steps, iron stone foundation, paired segmental arched windows with sandstone trim, wooden sash windows, segmental arched dormer, quoined corners on second floor of the tower, bracketed xxxxx, white stucco exterior, visible side elevation, corbelled chimneys and modern rear addition. All character defining elements shall be maintained and/or repaired but not removed without approval from the Municipality.
Character Defining Elements. Key elements that define the heritage character of the Xxxxx Xxxx House include its: residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its one and one-half storey height, T-shaped plan, multiple steeply-pitched gables and front gabled front entry porch with pediment; construction materials such as: wood-frame construction with wooden drop siding with patterned shingles in the xxxxx ends of the south-west and north-east facades, corner boards, and closed wooden soffits; Edwardian-era details such as: steeply-pitched multiple gables, red-brick internal chimney with concrete chimney pot, pointed bargeboards, front porch with square columns, front facing staircase with open balustrade, and corner boards; windows such as: multi-paned casement windows in the xxxxx end of the south- west facade and one-over-one and two-over-two double hung wooden-sash windows.
Character Defining Elements. Key elements that define the heritage character of Xxxxxx’x Garage include its: location adjacent to Xxxxxx Road; modest commercial form, scale, and massing as expressed by its one-storey height, stepped parapets on three sides, lack of roof projections, and flat roof (which is visible only from the back (west) side of the building); wood frame construction; three work bays opening onto the road; larger centre bay door on barn hardware flanked by two smaller hung doors; wooden drop siding and simple rectangular lumber profile trim (no mouldings); original single-paned wood frame windows with muntin bars; and external brick chimney.
Character Defining Elements. The key elements that define the heritage character of the Xxxxx Xxxxxxx House include its: • location amidst a grouping of high quality suburban houses of a similar age, scale and character; • form, scale and massing as expressed by its one and one-half storey plus basement height and regular, rectangular plan; • front gabled roof with gabled dormer and side gabled projection, clad with cedar shingles; • wood-frame construction clad with lapped wooden siding; • Craftsman style details such as the triangular brackets under the projecting xxxxx; • additional exterior details such as a gabled roof over the front entry and a square projecting bay to the south side with gabled roof; • wooden-sash windows, including 4-over-1 double-hung windows, double-assembly 3-over-1 and 4-over-1 double-hung windows, triple-assembly 4-over-1 double-hung windows flanked by 2-over-1 double-hung windows, geometric pattern multi- paned window on the west elevation, stained glass piano window on the north elevation, 3-over-1 double-hung basement windows and six-pane veranda windows; and • interior features such as original fir wood floors; and • mature landscaped setting on a west-sloping lot.
Character Defining Elements. The main character defining elements of the House are the following: An original lot forming part of the first phase of the privately developed Crescent Beach seaside community; The typical cottage style of building in the Crescent Beach area; The view to the beach and ocean; The massing of the dwelling, in particular, its relationship to the public walkway along Crescent Beach; The front porch, establishing a strong beach-fronting character; The building form, with its sloping roofs and wood cladding; and The wrap-around veranda enclosed for additional habitable space.
Character Defining Elements. The key elements that define the heritage character of the Xxxx Xxxxxx House include its: • setting within the Ocean Park neighbourhood; • continuous residential use; • wood-frame construction; • residential form, scale and massing, as expressed by its one and one-half storey height plus full basement, front-gabled roof and side-shed dormer; • Craftsman style details such as twin-coursed shingle siding, wide overhanging xxxxx, pointed bargeboards, and arched full-width hipped-roof projecting front verandah with closed balustrades; and • original windows, including double-hung and casement wooden sash windows with vertically proportioned panes.
Character Defining Elements. The following are considered to be the character defining elements of the Feedham House: Edwardian architectural style Cruciform roof plan with four identical gables Simple volumes Wood siding Ground floor verandah At end of long driveway flanked by trees House parallel to slope and old Mud Bay Trail Simulate existing relationship to grade
