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- Designation Date: 1986-10-29 Dates: 1866 to 1867 (Construction)
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Rideau Cottage is characterized and distinguished by its symmetry, simple lines, classically inspired central entrance with pedimented porch, sash windows flanked by decorative shutters, and paired chimneys. Rideau Cottage was designated a Recognized Federal Heritage Building on 3 October 1986.
It is a key reference document for anyone involved in planning interventions to federal heritage buildings and is used by FHBRO in their review of interventions. Rideau Cottage was constructed in 1866-67 by Stewart Taylor and Co.
- 1 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario
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- Character-Defining Elements
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
It is a key reference document for anyone involved in planning interventions to federal heritage buildings and is used by FHBRO in their review of interventions. The cottage at Colonel By Island was constructed in 1949 as a vacation retreat by Daniel Arnstein to designs prepared by Horace Roberts.
Aug 30, 2023 · Rideau Cottage is characterized and distinguished by its symmetry, simple lines, classically inspired central entrance with pedimented porch, sash windows flanked by decorative shutters, and paired chimneys. [3] Rideau Cottage was designated a Recognized Federal Heritage Building on 3 October 1986. [3]
Designation Date: 1988-02-19. Dates: 1830 to 1830 (Construction) Event, Person, Organization: Thomas McKay (Architect) Frederick Preston Rubidge (Architect) J.W.H. Watts (Architect) Wilson A. Salter (Architect) Captain Pemberton (Architect) Thomas W. Fuller (Architect) David Ewart (Architect)
The Main Entrance Gates to Rideau Hall was designated a Classified Federal Heritage Building because of its very good proportions, scale, detail, and functional design; and because it survives with its integrity unchanged in the context of its historical relationship to the adjacent gate lodge, the landscape at Rideau Hall, and the public plaza ...
