Leadley House
47 North Street, Dartmouth, Nouvelle-Écosse, B2Y, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1983/05/24
Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2007/02/21
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Leadley House is a two storey wood frame house located on the corner of North and Wentworth Streets in downtown Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The house sits close to the streetline on the front elevation at the street corner, atop a hill, and forms an integral part of the streetscape. The designation includes the building and surrounding property.
Valeur patrimoniale
Leadley House is valued for its association with nearby Christ Church and the early urban working class of Dartmouth. In 1831, a large piece of property was granted in trust for the use of Christ Church, Dartmouth's Anglican congregation, as a cemetery and divided into lots to be sold for profit. In 1841 four building lots were created on the north side of North Street. The sale of these lots helped to pay the expenses of the trust, church debts and for the building of a rectory.
The house was built by Stephen Smith circa 1843, and changed hands three times before being purchased by its namesake in 1892. Leonard Leadley was an engineer/machinist who lived in the house from 1892 to 1897. Although the house was constructed c. 1843, the present architectural style is of a later period due to building alterations in the late 1800s.
Architecturally, the Leadley House is an example of a turn of the century urban working class house. The plain façade and basic form of this style of house was common to the area during the late 1800s. The house features wood shingle siding and a nearly flat roof. There are gabled roof projections at the front and west-side of the house at entrances, which makes this otherwise common house somewhat unique.
Source: Heritage Property File: 47 North Street, Leadley House, found at HRM Planning and Development Services, Heritage Property Program, 6960 Mumford Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Éléments caractéristiques
The character-defining elements of Leadley House include:
- shingle siding;
- nearly flat roof;
- gable roof entry projections;
- central chimney;
- plain facade;
- single vertical sash windows;
- location at the top of a hill overlooking downtown Dartmouth.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Nouvelle-Écosse
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (N.-É.)
Loi habilitante
Heritage Property Act
Type de reconnaissance
Bien inscrit au répertoire municipal
Date de reconnaissance
1983/05/24
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1890/01/01 à 1899/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Un territoire à peupler
- Les établissements
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Résidence
- Logement unifamilial
Historique
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
HRM Planning and Development Services, 6960 Mumford Road, Halifax, NS B3L 4P1
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
23MNS0396
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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