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Rideau Cottage is a historic residential building located on the grounds of Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario. The two-level, 22-room Georgian Revival home is owned by the Canadian Crown and has traditionally been inhabited by people associated with the governor general of Canada, including the viceroy's private secretary.
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The Rideau Cottage is a generously scaled, Georgian Revival brick house located within the grounds of the Rideau Hall complex in Ottawa. It is a two-storey, hipped roof building with a bay wing on its northeastern façade. The building is distinguished by its symmetry, classically inspired doorway with pedimented porch, its sash windows and paired c...
The Rideau Cottage is a Recognized Federal Heritage Building because of its historical associations, and its architectural and environmental value. Historical Value The Rideau Cottage is historically significant for its role as an ancillary building at Rideau Hall and is intimately connected with the administrative machinery of the governor general...
The character-defining elements of the Rideau Cottage should be respected. Its good aesthetic, functional design, craftsmanship and materials, for example: -the symmetrical composition and two-storey massing with a bay wing on the northeastern façade; -the hipped roof with projecting brick chimneys; -the brick masonry construction; -the centrally l...
- 1 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Aug 30, 2023 · Rideau Cottage is a historic residential building located on the grounds of Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario. The two-level, 22-room Georgian Revival home is owned by the Canadian Crown and has traditionally been inhabited by people associated with the governor general of Canada, including the viceroy.
Oct 29, 2015 · In the meantime, prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau and his family will relocate to Rideau Cottage. The 22-room historic home is part of the grounds of Rideau Hall, which is the official ...
Feb 2, 2024 · Turning Rideau Cottage into prime minister's permanent home comes with cost: docs. The state of 24 Sussex, the historic home for Canadian prime ministers, caused Trudeau and his family to...
Other than Rideau Hall itself, there are 27 buildings around the property, including Rideau Cottage (currently serving as a temporary official home for the Prime Minister and his family [124] ); offices for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, National Capital Commission, and Public Works and Government Services Canada; the Governor General's ...
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