Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Heritage Conservation District

The neighbourhood just to the west of the U of Toronto downtown campus is known as Harbord Village and part of it has been declared a Heritage Conservation District which means that no major changes can be made to the buildings there. There is a great variety of homes there such as the white house with the great porch which I showed you a few days ago. This house is just around the corner from it and it has been beautifully restored and maintained. Most of these homes were built in the late 1800s and feature wonderful craftsmanship such as you see here.

12 comments:

Tom said...

...beautiful, but how do you wash the side windows?

Sharon said...

Everything about this place is wonderful. I love that brickwork.

Lea said...

Wow! I would love to be a the very top peeking out that pretty window at the wonderful details just under the roofline!

s.c said...

This kind of brickwork is also very common in amsterdam.

Taken For Granted said...

I do like your photo of this historic home. Historic neighborhoods are certainly worth protecting and saving.

Bill said...

Beautiful, love those nice wooden doors.

Kay said...

Everything about this house speaks of another age. It has amazing details. And the tiny slice of the one next door is nice, too. I don't think I've seen brickwork like this on the West Coast (it doesn't stand up to earthquakes).

jennyfreckles said...

Lovely details.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

So much detail Pat, beautiful brickwork ✨

Jenn said...

Beauty!

21 Wits said...

Such a lovely front design and you are right not so much room between the houses!

Jack said...

Now, isn't this an unusual house!