I have shown you this old gatehouse on Bayview Ave before (HERE) but passing by recently I noticed the old sign for the estate that was here at one time, "Uplands". A little piece of history that remains even though the estate has been divided up into smaller plots. And I like that light fixture!
I showed you a section of this gatehouse previously (HERE) and when we got a bit of snow last week I decided it was time for a pic of the whole thing. Although its setting was originally rural only the width of the sidewalk separates it from the very busy Bayview ave now.
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This is another section of the fence that runs along Bayview Ave and which surrounds the Glendon College campus of York University. You can see the W in the centre of the gate signifying that this had been the estate belonging to E. R. Wood when the fence was built in the 1920s.
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This is the lantern that you could see on the fence in yesterday's post. I imagine it originally was lit by gas but it seems to only be decorative these days although I haven't been by in the dark to be sure!
This is one of the supports for the fence that runs along Bayview Ave and surrounds the Glendon Campus of York University. This is not a fence post that will be easily knocked over. I'll show you a close-up of that wonderful lantern tomorrow.
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I spotted this rooster very high up on the top of a steeple of a church on Bayview Ave, right across the road from yesterday's gatehouse. He doesn't seem to move in the wind so he must be purely decorative rather than a weathervane. I'll try to get a pic of the church one day but it is surrounded by a lot of wiring so will have to search for a good sightline.
This window belongs to what had been a gatehouse to a large estate, Uplands, off Bayview Ave. It is now a private home and the estate itself has been divided into smaller lots. The Tudor style gatehouse was built in 1921 and designed by Eden Smith and now has heritage designation. Just as I took this pic a bus passed behind me which you can see in the reflection!
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