1. APPLICATION TO ALTER THE SAVERY HOUSE, 3856
LOGGERS WAY, DEMANDE EN VUE DE MODIFIER LA MAISON SAVERY,
PROPRIÉTÉ DÉSIGNÉE EN VERTU DE LA PARTIE IV DE LA LOI SUR LE PATRIMOINE DE L’ONTARIO ET SITUÉE |
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1. Approve
the application to alter 3856 Loggers Way, in accordance with plans submitted
by Richard White, Richard White Architect as received on October 4, 2010.
2. Delegate
authority for minor design changes to the General Manager of the Planning and
Growth Management Department.
3. Issue
the heritage permit with a two-year expiry date from the date of issuance.
(Note: The statutory 90-day timeline for consideration of this
application under the Ontario Heritage
Act will expire on January 2, 2011.)
(Note: Approval to Alter this property under the Ontario Heritage Act must not be construed to meet the requirements
for the issuance of a building permit.)
RECOMMANDATIONS DU
COMITÉ
Que le Conseil :
1. approuve
la demande de modification du 3856, voie Loggers conformément aux plans soumis
par Richard White, Richard White Architect, et reçus le 4 octobre 2010 ;
2. délégue
le pouvoir au directeur général du Service de l’urbanisme et de la gestion de
la croissance en ce qui concerne les changements de design mineurs ;
3. délivre
le permis en matière de patrimoine dont la date d’expiration est fixée à deux
ans après la date d’émission.
(Nota : Le délai réglementaire de 90 jours d’examen de cette
demande, exigé en vertu de la Loi sur le
patrimoine de l’Ontario, prendra fin le 2 janvier 2011.)
Nota : L’approbation de la demande de modification aux termes de la Loi sur le patrimoine de l’Ontario ne
signifie pas pour autant qu’elle satisfait aux conditions de délivrance d’un
permis de construire.)
Documentation
1. Deputy City Manager's report
(Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability) dated 15 October 2010
(ACS2010-ICS-PGM-0198).
2. OBHAC Extract of Draft Minutes of 4 November
2010.
Report to/Rapport au :
Ottawa Built Heritage
Advisory Committee
Comité consultatif sur le patrimoine
bâti d’Ottawa
and / et
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committee
Comité de l’agriculture et des
affaires rurales
and Council / et au Conseil
15 October 2010 / le 15 octobre 2010
Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy Schepers, Deputy City
Manager,
Directrice municipale adjointe, Infrastructure Services and
Community
Sustainability, Services d’infrastructure et Viabilité des collectivités
Contact Person/Personne-ressource : Richard Kilstrom,
Acting Manager/
Gestionnaire intérimaire,
Development Review-Urban Services/
Examen des projets
d'aménagement-Services urbains,
Planning and Growth Management/Urbanisme
et Gestion de la croissance
(613) 580-2424, 22379 Richard.Kilstrom@ottawa.ca
REPORT
RECOMMENDATIONS
That the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee recommend that Agriculture
and Rural Affairs Committee recommend that Council:
1. Approve the application
to alter 3856 Loggers Way, in accordance with plans submitted by Richard White,
Richard White Architect as received on October 4, 2010.
2. Delegate authority for
minor design changes to the General Manager of the Planning and Growth
Management Department.
3. Issue the heritage
permit with a two-year expiry date from the date of issuance.
(Note: The statutory
90-day timeline for consideration of this application under the Ontario Heritage Act will expire on January
2, 2011.)
(Note: Approval to
Alter this property under the Ontario
Heritage Act must not be construed to meet the requirements for the
issuance of a building permit.)
RECOMMANDATIONS DU
RAPPORT
Que
le Comité consultatif sur le patrimoine bâti
d’Ottawa recommande au Comité de l’agriculture et des affaires rurales de
recommander à son tour au Conseil :
1. d’approuver la demande
de modification du 3856, voie Loggers conformément aux plans soumis par Richard
White, Richard White Architect, et reçus le 4 octobre 2010 ;
2. de déléguer le pouvoir
au directeur général du Service de l’urbanisme et de la gestion de la
croissance en ce qui concerne les changements de design mineurs ;
3. de délivrer le permis en
matière de patrimoine dont la date d’expiration est fixée à deux ans après la
date d’émission.
(Nota : Le délai
réglementaire de 90 jours d’examen de cette demande, exigé en vertu de la Loi sur le patrimoine de l’Ontario,
prendra fin le 2 janvier 2011.)
Nota : L’approbation
de la demande de modification aux termes de la Loi sur le patrimoine de l’Ontario ne signifie pas pour autant
qu’elle satisfait aux conditions de délivrance d’un permis de construire.)
BACKGROUND
The Savery House, 3856 Loggers Way is a one-and-a-half
storey, stone farmhouse with a central gable located in West Carleton and
designated under Part IV of the Ontario
Heritage Act (see Document 1). The
house is located on a large agricultural property along the Carp River. This
report has been prepared because alterations to buildings designated under the Ontario Heritage Act require the
approval of City Council. The applicant
wishes to add an extension to their home at the rear, raise the existing roof slightly
to solve an ice-damming problem and demolish an existing shed on the property.
DISCUSSION
Recommendation 1:
The Savery House, 3856 Loggers Way is cited as
one of the earliest farmhouses in the Village of Kinburn, built circa 1833. A
typical one-storey addition (likely for a kitchen) was added to the east side
of the building sometime in the 19th century.
The house is an example of a typical 19th century
farmhouse and is associated with Captain John Fraser, a veteran of the war of
1812 and a local Member of Parliament. The house was designated in 2000 by the
former municipality of West Carleton. Photos of the property are included as
Document 2 and the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value is attached as Document 3.
Standards and Guidelines
for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada
The Standards
and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada was
adopted by City Council in 2008 as the municipal standard for heritage
conservation in Ottawa. The following Guidelines are applicable to this
project:
The main alteration to this building is an
addition located perpendicular to the rear of the house. The addition will
consist of a music room, workshop, master bedroom suite and a garage at the
rear. The addition is set in at the corners so as not to obscure views of the
existing house from the front and to maintain the distinctive stone quoins on
the corners of the house.
The addition is articulated in three distinct
sections. The first section, approximately 6.4 metres in height, will connect
to the historic house and will house a mudroom and storage space, and features
a gable roof oriented perpendicular to the historic building. This section will
be narrow and will serve as a transition to the larger volume of the second
section. The second section is the largest, and is oriented parallel to the
existing house with similar form, massing and scale. It will be 7.3 metres in
height, slightly lower than the existing house at 7.6 metres. This section will
include a music room and workshop on the ground floor and a master bedroom
suite on the second floor.
The third section is a one-storey garage that
is again set in from the corners of the second section. The garage will replace
an existing dilapidated shed on the property. Elevations and site plan are shown in Document
4. A Cultural Heritage Impact Statement,
prepared by the architect, Richard White is included as Document 5.
The materials for the addition have been
carefully considered. The exterior cladding will be a wooden board and batten
style siding, and the foundation will be clad with a limestone veneer to
reflect the stone in the original building. All trim, fascias and soffits will
be wooden. The windows will be single hung sash windows, and a new standing
seam metal roof will be used for the entire building.
The architect has made significant efforts to
minimize the impact of the addition on the Savery House. From the front, the
addition will be unobtrusive especially from the east side where the summer
kitchen already exists. As designed, the addition complements the historic
Savery House in its scale and form and will provide an appropriate transition
from old to new through the distinct sections of the addition. The design
incorporates sympathetic materials such as wood and stone but elements like the
board and batten siding will distinguish the new addition from the original
building. Overall, the addition will be sympathetic, subordinate and
distinguishable from the original building.
A second aspect of this application involves
raising the roof by approximately 15 centimetres. The house has had significant
ice-damming problems and the applicant intends to apply a new roofing system
over the sheathing of the existing house to create a cavity for insulation. In
order to accommodate this, the existing fascia and returned eaves will be
retained and a second fascia board added and to maintain the relationship of
the height of the chimney to the roof ridge, a 15‑centimetre limestone
cap will be added to both chimneys. The
Department supports this alteration as a reasonable solution to an ongoing
problem and will retain as much original material as possible.
The Department supports the application overall
as the application meets the Standards
and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada and for
the reasons cited above.
Recommendation 2:
Occasionally, minor changes to a building emerge
during the working drawing phase. This
recommendation is included to allow the Planning and Growth Management
Department to approve these changes.
Recommendation 3:
The Ontario Heritage Act does not provide
any timelines for the expiry of heritage permits. A two-year expiry date is
recommended to ensure that projects are completed in a timely fashion and
according to the approved heritage permit.
RURAL IMPLICATIONS
N/A
CONSULTATION
Heritage Ottawa is aware of the application.
Neighbours close to the property were notified
and offered the opportunity to make written or oral submissions.
Councillor El-Chantiry is aware of the
application.
There are no legal/risk
management implications associated with this report
F2: Respect the existing urban fabric,
neighbourhood form, and limits of existing hard surfaces, so that new growth is
integrated seamlessly with established communities.
N/A
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
There are no direct financial implications associated
with this report.
This application was completed within the
90-day time period prescribed by the Ontario
Heritage Act.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document 1 Location
Map
Document 2 Current
Conditions
Document 3 Statement
of Cultural Heritage Value
Document 4 Site
Plan and Elevations
Document 5 Cultural
Heritage Impact Statement
DISPOSITION
City
Clerk and Solicitor Department, Legislative Services to notify the property
owner and the Ontario Heritage Trust (10 Adelaide Street East, 3rd
Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1J3) of Council’s decision.
Schedule
“B” of Bylaw 106 of 2000
Reason for
Proposed Designation:
Historical
Criteria:
1. This
limestone house is one of the first, if not the first stone home built
in Fitzroy Township (geographic) and West Carleton in 1833.
2. The
house was on the earliest, if not the first in the Village of Kinburn- was
built by Captain Thomas Fraser on Lot 11, Concession VII, Fitzroy.
3. Captain
Thomas Fraser, a United Empire Loyalist, received 800 acres (including Lot 11,
Concession VII) for his service during the War of 1812-1814. Fraser was sheriff
of the District of Johnstown for some time and became a Member of Parliament
for the District.
4. Captains
Fraser’s son Allan- also a Captain for the No. 2 Company of the Carleton
Blazers, trained these militia at a Kinburn drill shed on Fraser’s farm for
action in the Fenian raids of 1866.
5. Captain
Thomas Fraser and his settlement beside the Carp River in Kinburn is recorded
in historical books- “Carleton Saga”, “Belden’s Atlas 1879” and Fitzroy’s
“Beyond our Memory.”
Architectural Criteria
1. This
limestone farmhouse, built in the Georgian style of that period, with large
centre gable window and wide front door with sidelights is virtually unchanged
since 1833.
2. Original
soffits, windows with storms are in good condition. A stone summer kitchen
attached is virtually the same on exterior as when house built.
3. Present
owner has replaced two window sills (originally wood) with matching limestone
stills, as are rest of the windows.
4. Present
owner takes care to maintain architectural integrity in any exterior repairs
carried out.
Sept. 16,
2010
City of
Ottawa
Department
of Planning and Growth Management
110
Laurier Ave. West
Ottawa,
Ontario, K1P 1
Attention:
Lesley Collins, Heritage Planner
RE:
Cultural Heritage Impact Statement
3856
Logger’s Way, Kinburn, ON
Dear Ms.
Collins,
Our client, Sandra and Christopher Van Barr purchased
3856 Logger’s Way in 2002, and have been using it as their primary residence
since that date. They now have three children and require additional space for
their family.
The existing residence was originally constructed in
1833 as a single-family farmhouse. It is a two-storey structure constructed
with load-bearing limestone walls. A single-storey addition was added on the
east side, and the detailing suggests that it was built soon after the
original. The original house was built in the Georgian style of that period. An
entrance door with sidelights and transom with large centre gable window above
define the front of the house, and it faces south towards the Carp River
approximately 27 meters away. Access to the house is over a private bridge
crossing the Carp River to the southwest.
The existing house has a gross floor area of 259.6 M2.
The planned addition includes a two-storey addition to the house of 164 M2 and
a one-storey garage of 68.8 M2. The addition joins the existing house on the
north façade, thereby leaving the front of the house largely unchanged. One new
window is proposed in the east façade of the original house.
It is proposed that new roof system be applied over
the sheathing of the existing house (not the summer kitchen), mainly for the
purpose of creating sufficient cavity for adequate insulation above the sloped
ceiling section of the house and above the ceiling over the entrance/stairwell
part of the addition. The existing cornice detail would remain with the
addition of a 2nd fascia above and slightly proud of the existing 4" high
board. A 6” high limestone cap would be added to the top of two chimneys so as
to maintain the height relationship to the roof ridge.
The addition is proposed at the back of the house; in
the location a summer kitchen would typically have been constructed. It is
intentionally narrow where it joins the original house, stepping back so that
the corners of the original house are not visibly obscured. The addition is
articulated as a number of discreet forms, each of which is subordinate in
scale and height to the original 1830 house. The roofs of the addition have
roof pitches and eave depths that are similar to the original house, providing
a consistency of form.
Materials and details for the addition have been
carefully considered. For the walls, natural materials are proposed, including:
a plinth of limestone (veneer); board & (beveled) batten wood siding; drip
cap, wood plinth, wood frieze trims; trim & board fascias. Operable windows
will be single-hung. Pre-painted (blue) steel roofing (with exposed fasteners)
was installed prior to designation in 2000 – probably in the 1990s. A hidden
fastener, pre-manufactured standing-seam type roofing is planned for the entire
building – a pattern similar to the tin-plated standing seam roofs available
circa 1800.
In conclusion, the proposed addition has been designed
to complement the heritage architecture of the existing house. The forms,
massing and materials were designed to be sympathetic and compatible with those
of the existing house. At the same time, the intent is to establish the
integrity of addition - distinguishable and subordinate to the existing house.
Yours truly,
Ottawa built heritage Advisory
Committee Draft
Minutes extract 47 4 november 2010 |
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Comité consultatif sur le patrimoine bâti
d’ottawa ébauche
de l’extrait du Procès-verbal 47 le
4 novembre 2010 |
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APPLICATION TO ALTER THE SAVERY HOUSE, 3856 LOGGERS
WAY,
A PROPERTY DESIGNATED UNDER PART IV OF THE ONTARIO
HERITAGE ACT
DEMANDE EN VUE DE MODIFIER LA MAISON SAVERY,
PROPRIÉTÉ DÉSIGNÉE EN VERTU DE LA PARTIE IV DE LA LOI SUR LE PATRIMOINE DE L’ONTARIO ET SITUÉE AU 3856, VOIE LOGGERS
ACS2010-ICS-PGM-0198 West Carleton-March (5)
Lesley Collins, Heritage Planner provided a
PowerPoint outlining the proposal to add an extension to
the rear of the house in question, to raise the existing roof slightly to solve
an ice-damming problem and to demolish an existing shed on the property. She indicated that staff supports the
application because it complies with the Standards
and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada. She stated the addition is compatible and
sympathetic to the original house and the scale and form of the new addition is
appropriate. She suggested the materials are appropriate but provide a
differentiation between new and old, noting the front façade remains unchanged
and the addition will not be highly visible.
Ms. Collins also noted that since this report had been released she had
discovered that ‘Savery House’ is not the actual historical name of the
property; Savery was simply the surname of the owner of the house at its time
of designation.
Richard
White, Richard White Architect was present to answer questions about the application.
David Flemming, President,
Heritage Ottawa supported and expressed appreciation for the proposal,
suggesting it is a useful addition that respects the heritage integrity of the
building itself.
The
committee considered the staff recommendation as presented.
Moved
by Scott Whamond:
That the Ottawa Built
Heritage Advisory Committee recommend that Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committee recommend that Council:
1.
Approve the application to alter
3856 Loggers Way, in accordance with plans submitted by Richard White, Richard
White Architect as received on October 4, 2010.
2.
Delegate authority for minor design
changes to the General Manager of the Planning and Growth Management
Department.
3.
Issue the heritage permit with a
two-year expiry date from the date of issuance.
(Note: The statutory 90-day timeline for
consideration of this application under the Ontario Heritage Act will expire on
January 2, 2011.)
(Note: Approval to Alter this property under
the Ontario Heritage Act must not be construed to meet the requirements for the
issuance of a building permit.)
CARRIED