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Whitby Fiee Pros, Woceday, May 10,199, PaGe 19 A HOME DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT FEATURE ____________ >~Saving the past for the future ~- Catie part of. '95 house tour .1y Whitl3y LACAC, Trafalgar Castle Sehool is again on this yeWs 'House Tour' sponsored b the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committe. (LACAC) on Saturday, June 10. House tour you say? Remember, Trafalgar Castle was original bufit as the home of Sherif Reynolde in 1859.62. Look for hiseoat cf arme cut into the atone above the main entrance. Several additions have been made to the original castle by Ontario Ladies' College. Ryerson Hall was added te the north cf the main buildingin* 1877. Frances Halfl was bufit to the south where the old servants' wing was located, in 1895. A swimming pool and gymnasium were constructed in 1911-13 at the back of the college. Grace Chapel was built in 1956. The houes tour provides an excellent oppor.nty to see this Whithy lanmark. Atea will be put on by the school especially for this event. One cf the fine homes on this year's tour is Brian and Dana-Manie Langley's home ini Brooklin. Forerly situated on a corner lot on Princess Street, the house was moved te its present location ini 1924. The house was originally owned b~y Dr. John Moore. He was one of two brothers affectionately known as 'Dr. John" and "Dr. Jim" in Bvooklin. As smon as you enter the houe you will notice from the interior that Dana-Marie is a designer. Brian has done al of 'the woodwork and structural additions to the houe, including the frot veranda. On Myrtle Road just east of Hlighway 12, you'll find the David Briggs Houe. This substantial brick farn house built for a well-to-do family in 1856-57 is also on this year's tour. Sylvester E. Briggs was David's oldest son. He moved te Toronto in 1873 and became one of the founders of the Steele Briggs Seed Comnpany., This 140-year-old house has been beautifully restored b.y its pesen owners Rick and Cheryl Worr. Other houses on this, year's tour are John and Vera Hugel's home, and Leslie and Mrae Bain's home, both in Wh]itby. In Brooklin, the home of Judy and Charles Davis wii also be open for the tour. Tickets for the tour are $10 and are available at the municipal building on Rossand Road, at Cullen Gardens or from any LACAC member. Another event of interest organizêd hty LACAC is a walking tour of old Port Why, te b. héld in coxnjuntion with th.ening or the wateirfron t trilon May28. Whitby archivist Brian Winter will conduet two tours, starting at the southeast corner of Brock and Front streets, at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 P.m. Among the buildings to b. featured on the tours are the Rtichard Golding home, St. John's Anglican Church and the first sehool house where the Ontario ConyCu e n1The buidings on these tours in Port hitby will flot be open te the public but may be viewed froin the street. LACAC adviaes Whitby council on herifrage matters. TRAFALGAR CASTLE, shown in this 1907 photograph, wiII be featured on the house tour. Whitby Archives photo A VOID PO TENT7A L PROBL EMS G2et the tacts onfen.cing Fencing comes in a wide variety ofdesigna and materials, and the purposes you want your fence to serve can be just as varied. Some fences are put up for privacy, some for protection and others may be installed simply te provide an attractive background te show off a garden te its beot advantage. Many fences are built for ail three. But there's a lot more to putting a fence around your property than just erecting a few posts and filling in the gaps with the material cf your choice. You could find ail your hard work is for nothing if you don't ensure youlre working within the restrictions cf your local building code. Check te, see how those restrictions affect ýfence heights, materials, styles and location in relation te your proprylns Therema asoe ga requireenta that neighbours share the cst cf erecting and maintaining boundary or diviEion fences between their properties. Which city or municipal department you deal with can depend on where your fence is goang. A boundaryj or division fence rnay need permission fr-oin one local government department, a privacy fence may have te, have the go-ahead fi another, and fencingi your front yard con require authrition from Yet on. more. flhere are aloo specifc regulations regarding fences around swimniing pools. You should also remember that before you dig anywhere around your property you should check with your local hydro, gas and telephone comparnis They will send someone, free of enarge, or survey your property and mark the spots where underground pipelines or cables are buried. Public utifity companies may also have easements - acquired nights or privileges - on your property that specif what you can and cannot do with fencing. They may need particular areas te be left unobstructed te a]low for equipment repair and maintenance. The title deed to your home could also contein fencing restrictions. If you're booking at a property you'd like to buy and believe the addition of a fence is a necessity, check with the land titles office or registry te, ensure there's nothing i the titI. deeds that mxght prevent youfrn putting one up. It's also not unusual for new-hoene builders to include p recise specifications for fence building in order* to give a particular development a distinct look. You could flnd yourself wasting time and money if you don't take steps te, find out exactly what fencing rules and regulations you need toMcomply with. As well as being forced te remove your illegal fence, you could flnd youself facing fines for contravening local bylaws. There'. much te b. said for taking a neighbourly approech te marking off your property with the fence cf your choice. You may b. well within your rights te, budld a two-metre fence around your backyard, but is that going to draetically affiect your nÏeighour's quality cf life? A retired person whoee pride and joy is hie or her garden probably wouldn't appreciate a solid sun-blockring structure alnod hisepized flower bed. You should try, too, te get the work done as quickly as possble te, keep inconvemience te neighbours te a minmm. A project stated with ail good itentions in the spning could b. a source cf friction between you and the foks next dourif piles of lumber are left lying around for weeks or months on end. 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