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Fort Sackville Scott Manor House

15 Fort Sackville Road, Bedford, Nouvelle-Écosse, B4A, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 1988/08/20

Front elevation, Fort Sackville Manor, Bedford, 2004.; HRM Planning and Development Services, Heritage Property Program, 2004.
Front Elevation
Side elevation, Fort Sackville Manor, Bedford, Nova Scotia, 2004.; HRM Planning and Development Services, Heritage Property Program, 2004.
Side Elevation
Front elevation, Fort Sackville Manor, Bedford, 2004.; HRM Planning and Development Services, Heritage Property Program, 2004.
Front Elevation

Autre nom(s)

Fort Sackville Scott Manor House
Scott Manor House

Liens et documents

Date(s) de construction

1770/01/01 à 1770/12/31

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2005/06/30

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

Fort Sackville Scott Manor House is a Dutch Colonial style two-and-one-half storey gambrel roofed house built in 1770. It is located on a 1.3 acre property along the eastern boundary of the lands bounded by Fort Sackville Road, CNR lines, and Shore Drive, in Bedford, Nova Scotia. The house is now a museum and a local landmark. The designation applies to the house and property.

Valeur patrimoniale

Fort Sackville Scott Manor House is valued as the oldest the house in the Halifax Regional Municipality. As well, it is valued for its historical association the house’s original resident, Joseph Scott, who arrived in Halifax with Governor Cornwallis in 1749. Scott was a well-established merchant involved in a wide range of goods. He was especially successful in the lumber industry. His holdings included present day Bedford and Sackville. Scott died in September 1800 and left his land, tenements, buildings, and hereditaments called "Sackville" to his wife Margaret. The manor house passed through several more hands before being sold to the former Town of Bedford in 1947.

Fort Sackville Scott Manor House is and unique example of a Dutch Colonial style house. It features a two-and-one-half storey gambrel roofed structure reminiscent of the eighteenth century New England style of architecture. Gambrel roofs were once common in Nova Scotia but few remain today. The house is thought to be the one of the last remaining gambrel-roofed buildings in the Halifax area. The house also has wishbone chimneys, stone foundation, and hand hewn beams of Norwegian oak. There are nine-over-nine windows on the first storey and six-over-six windows on the second storey. The house also has a porch and is built upon a stone foundation.

Source: HRM Heritage Property File 15 Fort Sackville Road, Fort Sackville Scott Manor, found at HRM Planning and Development Services, Heritage Property Program, 6960 Mumford Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Éléments caractéristiques

Key character-defining elements of Fort Sackville Scott Manor House include:

- Dutch Colonial style house featuring a gambrel wood shingled roof;
- simple detailed facade;
- two 'wishbone' chimneys constructed of brick and stone;
- wood shingle siding;
- hand hewn beams of Norwegian oak;
- nine-over-nine windows on the first storey;
- six-over-six windows on the second storey;
- porch;
- stone foundation.

Reconnaissance

Juridiction

Nouvelle-Écosse

Autorité de reconnaissance

Administrations locales (N.-É.)

Loi habilitante

Heritage Property Act

Type de reconnaissance

Bien inscrit au répertoire municipal

Date de reconnaissance

1988/08/20

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

Loisirs
Musée

Historique

Résidence
Domaine

Architecte / Concepteur

s/o

Constructeur

s/o

Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

HRM Planning and Development Services, 6960 Mumford Road, Halifax, NS B3L 4P1

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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

23MNS0595

Statut

Édité

Inscriptions associées

s/o

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