Kingsholm Farm/Kaitting House on Dundas St. W. July 23, 2009
Description
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- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Kaitting House, Concession 1 NDS, Lot 18, Trafalgar Township, 237 Dundas Street West, Oakville, Ontario.
"There was a fire set at the Kaitting House on Dundas just west of Sixth Line. There are only 3 exterior walls left standing. The interior is completely gone. The developer had requested permission in November to have this building designated to have it put on blocks and moved closer to Dundas to protect it from vandals. Mattamy was going to restore this home and donate it to the community...This is a huge loss for our Trafalgar heritage." Trafalgar Township Historical Society Newsletter, Fall 2009.
In the December 11, 2008 report, Notices of Intention to Designate Five Properties, Town of Oakville, http://www.oakville.ca/pn-08dec11_1.htm , the house was described as:
"The Kaitting House is a mid 19th-century farmhouse, originally part of a 200-acre farm located on the north side of Dundas Street West between Sixth Line and Neyagawa Boulevard.
The Kaitting House is architecturally significant as a local variation of an 'Ontario Vernacular' brick gable roofed farmhouse with elements of Neoclassical and Gothic Revival styles. Constructed in 1848, the one and a half storey house has numerous decorative elements including brick voussoirs, dentilled cornice, eave returns and decorative woodwork on the interior.
The house has cultural heritage value for its historical association with the prominent Kaitting family of Trafalgar Township who occupied the land for 100 years, from 1808 to 1909. It is also contextually significant as a remnant of the agricultural landscape of the former Trafalgar Township. The house's orientation to the road is a reminder of its former role within the larger farm complex and of its rural relationship to the road and the surrounding farm properties.
Key exterior attributes of the house which embody its physical and historical significance include:
The following heritage attributes apply to all elevations and the roof including all facades, entrances, windows, chimneys, and trim, together with construction materials of wood, brick, stone, plaster parging, metal and glazing, their related building techniques and landscape features:
* The main rectangular shaped front wing of the house including the roof
* Centre doorway including front door and brick pattern sidelights and transom
* Historic window openings with angled brick voussoirs
* Wood sash windows with multiple pane divisions
* Cornice with dentil mouldings and evidence of former cornice returns
* Red brick exterior in Flemish bond pattern
* Internal gable end chimneys
* Gothic front gable
A key attribute of the house which contribute to its contextual significance includes its proximity to Dundas Street, one of the first major inland transportation routes to be built in Upper Canada." - Notes
- The house burned in July 2009.
- Place of Publication
- Oakville, Ontario
- Date of Original
- 2009
- Dimensions
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Width: 3264 px
Height: 2248 px
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Kaitting Kingsholm Farm
- Local identifier
- TTACL00045
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.48341 Longitude: -79.71632
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Kingsholm Farm/Kaitting House on Dundas St. W. July 23, 2009
- Contact
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
