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Bow Residence

320 Tempe Crescent, North Vancouver, Colombie-Britannique, V7N, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 1995/07/10

Exterior view of the Bow Resience, 2004; Donal Luxton, City of North Vancouver, 2004
Oblique view
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Autre nom(s)

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Liens et documents

Date(s) de construction

1925/01/01

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2005/02/25

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

The Bow Residence is a one storey low-slung wood-frame British Arts and Crafts cottage, with a distinctive bellcast hip roof, deep eaves and shingle cladding, situated on a steep hillside with commanding views to the south.

Valeur patrimoniale

The Bow Residence is valued for its association with its architect and original owner, William Bow. Scottish-born Bow (1882-1956) had apprenticed with Sir John Burnet and Son, Scotland's leading architectural firm. After Bow finished his articles, Burnet kept him on as Junior, Senior, and later, Chief Draftsman. Seeking greater opportunities, William entered the competition for the new University of British Columbia, in which he placed second. This encouraged him to emigrate to Vancouver in 1913. Bow was for many years a resident of North Vancouver, and through his connections received numerous commissions on the North Shore. At the time this house was designed, Bow was a partner in the firm Benzie and Bow, known for its residential and institutional designs including the North Vancouver General Hospital. Bow and his family lived in this house from 1925 until he retired in the 1940s.

Architecturally, the house is valued as a very pure example of British Arts and Crafts residential design. Its most distinctive feature is a tall, prominent bellcast hip roof with a distinctive curved ridge. The oversized roof with its generous eaves give the house a unique appearance, in keeping with the Arts and Crafts idiom. This massiveness of the roof diminishes the house, reducing its apparent scale to that of a modest cottage.

Source: Heritage Planning Files, City of North Vancouver

Éléments caractéristiques

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Bow Residence include its:
- location, set on a ridge with distant views of downtown Vancouver
- rectangular plan form, horizontal proportions and regular massing
- distinctive oversized hip roof with curved ridge and deep bellcast at eaves, with cedar shingle cladding
- elements of the British Arts and Crafts style, such as the use of local materials, prominent roof form and picturesque detailing
- projecting oriel bay window at front facade supported by scroll-cut brackets, with leaded casement windows
- inset entry, with original door and sidelites
- cedar shingle siding
- tall brick chimney
- multi-paned double-hung wooden-sash windows
- mature landscape setting with laurel hedge and rhododendrons

Reconnaissance

Juridiction

Colombie-Britannique

Autorité de reconnaissance

Administrations locales (C.-B.)

Loi habilitante

Local Government Act, art.954

Type de reconnaissance

Répertoire du patrimoine communautaire

Date de reconnaissance

1995/07/10

Données sur l'histoire

Date(s) importantes

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Thème - catégorie et type

Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction

Actuelle

Historique

Résidence
Logement unifamilial

Architecte / Concepteur

Benzie and Bow

Constructeur

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Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

Heritage Planning Files, City of North Vancouver

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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

DiRs-6

Statut

Édité

Inscriptions associées

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