Fairacres Root House
6344 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby, Colombie-Britannique, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1992/11/23
Autre nom(s)
s/o
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1908/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2010/05/05
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Fairacres Root House is a long, low one-storey masonry building, measuring 4.6 metres by 9.1 metres, with massively-buttressed concrete walls and foundations. Built into sloping ground adjacent to the location of the former greenhouse, the surviving orchard and the kitchen entrance of the main house, Fairacres, this functional structure was used as a frost-free store for fruit and vegetables for the family's use.
Valeur patrimoniale
The outbuildings at Fairacres are a rare surviving architecturally-designed ensemble of agricultural structures that exist in complementary harmony with the main estate house. Architect Robert Mackay Fripp (1858-1917), an outspoken advocate of Arts and Crafts design, was retained by the Ceperleys to design several original outbuildings on their estate.
The Fairacres Root House is important as a rare surviving, and exceptionally large, example of this building type in the Vancouver region. Unusual in the fact that an architect designed a building of such modest aspirations, it is also remarkable in its method of construction. The use of concrete as a structural material is one of the earliest in the region and extraordinary for its use on such a modest vernacular outbuilding; root cellars were typically built of loose stone. Built in 1908, the Root House was significantly altered in the 1960s and restored to its original design in 2000.
The building is significant as an indicator of the market gardening activity in the area around Deer Lake and of the country-house self-sufficiency practiced by the Ceperley family. The Root House illustrates the cultural, aesthetic, and lifestyle values of the Ceperleys in constructing such a large building for storing their own produce.
Source: City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department
Éléments caractéristiques
Key elements that define the heritage character of the Fairacres Root House include its:
- location in relation to the former greenhouse, the Steam Plant, and the main house, Fairacres
- siting, tucked into the slope for protection of the stored fruit and vegetables
- unusually large size and reinforced concrete construction
- front-gabled roof with cedar shingle cladding
- distinctive Arts and Crafts architectural features, such as the original louvered ventilation cupola with flared roof, extended eaves and brackets, and pebble-dashed stucco coating on the concrete walls
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Colombie-Britannique
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (C.-B.)
Loi habilitante
Local Government Act, art.967
Type de reconnaissance
Désignation patrimoniale
Date de reconnaissance
1992/11/23
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Un territoire à peupler
- Les établissements
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Approvisionnements en vivres
- Installation d'entreposage de provisions
- Résidence
- Bâtiment paradomestique
Architecte / Concepteur
R. Mackay Fripp
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DhRr-340
Statut
Édité
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