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Mallard Cottage Municipal Heritage Building

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1A, Canada

Formally Recognized: 2006/04/25

View of front facade, Mallard Cottage, 002 Barrows Road, Quidi Vidi Village, St. John's, August 7, 2007. ; Deborah O'Rielly/ HFNL 2007
Mallard Cottage, St. John's
View of front facade, Mallard Cottage, looking southwest.  Photo taken August 7, 2007.; Deborah O'Rielly/ HFNL 2007
Mallard Cottage, St. John's
View of main facade, looking south.  Photo taken August 7, 2007.; Deborah O'Rielly/ HFNL 2007
Mallard Cottage, St. John's

Other Name(s)

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Links and documents

Construction Date(s)

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2008/11/25

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

Mallard Cottage is a picturesque one-and-a-half storey wood-frame house set on a small lot near the road in the village of Quidi Vidi, within the greater municipality of St. John’s Newfoundland. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.

Heritage Value

Mallard Cottage was designated because, with its hipped roof and central chimney, it is typical of the vernacular housing built by immigrants from southeastern Ireland in the first half of the nineteenth century.

The heritage value of this site resides in the materials as well as the elements of vernacular design and craftsmanship deriving from Irish-Newfoundland vernacular building traditions. The Mallards, a family of Irish origin, lived in the house for over a hundred years.

Source: City of St. John's, meeting held 2006/04/25

Character-Defining Elements

All those features reflective of its age and traditional vernacular design, including:
-rectangular massing under a low-hipped roof with rear linhay (lean-to);
-small scale;
-wood construction and beaded clapboard finish;
-five-bay facade with multi-pane, double-hung windows on ground level and smaller multi-pane windows above; and,
-interior plan of two rooms on the ground floor on either side of a massive central hearth and sleeping rooms above.

Recognition

Jurisdiction

Newfoundland and Labrador

Recognition Authority

City of St. John's

Recognition Statute

Newfoundland and Labrador Urban and Rural Planning Act

Recognition Type

City of St. John's Heritage Building

Recognition Date

2006/04/25

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

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Theme - Category and Type

Expressing Intellectual and Cultural Life
Architecture and Design

Function - Category and Type

Current

Historic

Residence
Single Dwelling

Architect / Designer

n/a

Builder

Mallard Brothers

Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
1 Springdale Street, St. John’s Newfoundland,
A1C 5V5

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

NL-2702

Status

Published

Related Places

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