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Pierrefonds Gardens

7191 Granville Avenue, Richmond, Colombie-Britannique, V6Y, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 1979/05/28

View of the Pierrefonds Gardens in Minoru Park, 2001; Denise Cook Design, 2001
View looking southwest.
View of Pierrefonds Gardens in Minoru Park with Minoru Chapel in the centre of the photograph, 1977; Richmond Archives 1978 27 18
View looking south
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Autre nom(s)

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Liens et documents

Date(s) de construction

1967/01/01 à 1968/01/01

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2005/03/14

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

Pierrefonds Gardens is a small, rectangular, formal sunken garden situated adjacent to the Minoru Chapel in the southwestern portion of Minoru Park, a large urban park, established in 1909 and the site of the former Minoru Racetrack, in the centre of the City of Richmond.

Valeur patrimoniale

Designated by the City of Richmond in 1979, the historic significance of Pierrefonds Gardens is contained in the symbolism of the garden as a monument to the twinning of the City of Richmond with Pierrefonds, Quebec. Originally conceived in the Minoru Park master plan as a formal garden to complement the Minoru Chapel, it is also associated with the celebration of the Canadian centennial in 1967.

The garden has design attributes loosely based on French formal gardens of the Renaissance, including symmetry, axial geometry, and concept as an extension of the adjacent Chapel architecture. The garden follows the original design intent of Desmond Muirhead Landscape Architects.

Source: City of Richmond Clerk's Department File #4200-02.

Éléments caractéristiques

Character-defining elements of Pierrefonds Gardens include:
- The formal design of the garden, which is rectangular and arranged around a pair of cross axes, with a diamond shaped paved area and formal monument, which commemorates the twinning of the City of Richmond with Pierrefonds, Quebec, in the centre
- The inclusion of design features of traditional western formal or French Classical gardens including symmetry, axial geometry, the garden seen as an extension of the house or structure, the division into quadrants, and its surrounding hedge
- The character of the plant material which includes clipped shrubbery, and L-shaped rose garden at the outside of each corner, and a lawn area with star-shaped planting beds containing topiary and annual planting reminiscent of a parterre broiderie
- The location of the garden below the grade of the surrounding park

Reconnaissance

Juridiction

Colombie-Britannique

Autorité de reconnaissance

Administrations locales (C.-B.)

Loi habilitante

Local Government Act, art.967

Type de reconnaissance

Désignation patrimoniale

Date de reconnaissance

1979/05/28

Données sur l'histoire

Date(s) importantes

s/o

Thème - catégorie et type

Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
L'organisation communautaire

Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction

Actuelle

Historique

Loisirs
Parc

Architecte / Concepteur

s/o

Constructeur

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Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

City of Richmond Clerk's Department File #4200-02. See also: City of Richmond Archives.

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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

DhRs-388

Statut

Édité

Inscriptions associées

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