DESIGNATION OF THE BRADLEY/CRAIG FARMSTEAD, 590 HAZELDEAN ROAD UNDER PART IV OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT

DÉSIGNATION DE LA FERME BRADLEY/CRAIG, SITUÉE AU 590, CHEMIN HAZELDEAN, AUX TERMES DE LA PARTIE IV DE LA LOI SUR LE PATRIMOINE DE L'ONTARIO

 

 

obhac recommendation, as amended

 

That the Planning and Environment Committee recommend that Council approve the designation of the Bradley/Craig Farmstead, 590 Hazeldean Road, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value, attached as Document 4, as amended.

 

 

recommandation modifiée du ccpbo

 

Que le Comité de l’urbanisme et de l’environnement recommande au Conseil d’approuver la désignation de la ferme Bradley/Craig, située au 590, chemin Hazeldean, aux termes de la partie IV de la Loi sur le patrimoine de l’Ontario, conformément à l’énoncé de la valeur sur le plan du patrimoine culturel faisant l’objet du document 4 ci-annexé, tel que modifié.

 

 

 

Documentation

 

1.       Deputy City Manager's report Planning, Transit and the Environment dated 4 January 2010 (ACS2010-ICS-PGM-0021).

 

2.       LACAC Extract of Draft Minutes of 21 January 2010.


Report to/Rapport au :

 

Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee

Comité consultatif sur la conservation de l'architecture locale

 

and / et

 

Planning and Environment Committee

Comité de l'urbanisme et de l'environnement

 

and Council / et au Conseil

 

04 January 2010 / le 04 janvier 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 : John Smit, Manager/Gestionnaire, Development Review-Urban Services/Examen des projets d'aménagement-Services urbains, Planning and Growth Management/Urbanisme et Gestion de la croissance

(613) 580-2424, 13866  John.Smit@ottawa.ca

 

Rideau Goulbourn (21)

Ref N°: ACS2010-ICS-PGM-0021

 

 

SUBJECT:

Designation of THE bradley/craig farmstead, 590 hazeldean road under part iv of the ontario heritage act

 

 

OBJET :

DÉSIGNATION DE LA FERME BRADLEY/CRAIG, SITUÉE AU 590, CHEMIN HAZELDEAN, AUX TERMES DE LA PARTIE IV DE LA LOI SUR LE PATRIMOINE DE L'ONTARIO

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee recommend that Planning and Environment Committee recommend that Council approve the designation of the Bradley/Craig Farmstead, 590 Hazeldean Road, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value, attached as Document 4.

 

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Comité consultatif sur le patrimoine bâti d’Ottawa recommande au Comité de l’urbanisme et de l’environnement de recommander à son tour au Conseil d’approuver la désignation de la ferme Bradley/Craig, située au 590, chemin Hazeldean, aux termes de la partie IV de la Loi sur le patrimoine de l’Ontario, conformément à l’énoncé de la valeur sur le plan du patrimoine culturel faisant l’objet du document 4 ci-annexé.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

The Bradley/Craig Farmstead, 590 Hazeldean Road (see Location Map, Document 1 and Bird’s Eye View, Document 2) includes the farmhouse and barn at 590 Hazeldean Road. The farmhouse is a two-and-a-half-storey, red brick structure, built during the 1870s.  The barn, built in 1873, features timber frame construction and a monitor roof. Taken together, the farmhouse, large barn and farmyard are an excellent example of a late 19th century farmstead built when agriculture was the dominant economic activity of the province. The farmstead was farmed by the Bradley family for generations. The last member of the family to farm the land was married to a descendant Joshua Bradley, the original settler of the land, and he farmed there from the 1940s until his recent retirement. 

 

The Bradley/Craig Farmstead was included on the former City of Kanata’s heritage reference list.  Staff contacted the owners and undertook research to understand the history of the farmstead and to determine whether or not it was worthy of designation.  Their analysis revealed that the farmstead was worthy of designation.  In 2006, the property was sold to a developer, and in 2007 the Department wrote to the new owner, communicating its interest in designation.  There was no response to this letter.  Staff did not proceed with the designation out of consideration of the former owners, now tenants, who were elderly and interested in avoiding public attention.  In addition, the building was not threatened.  The proposed designation was noted in the Fernbank Community Design Plan in 2009, and at the time, the owners were again notified of the City’s interest in designating the property.

 

In the spring of 2009 staff were informed that the tenants would be moving out soon.  As a result of the change in status of the farmstead complex, staff has initiated the designation of the complex to ensure its protection for future generations.  Coincident with the receipt of that information, the new owners of the property contacted the City regarding the farm, stating their objection to the designation of the barn, but not the house.

 

The owner of the property has expressed concern about the inclusion of the barn in the designated parcel because of concerns regarding the future use of the structure.  Heritage staff made an inquiry through AGORA-L, an electronic network of heritage professionals and ordinary citizens, administered by the Heritage Canada Foundation, and an informal group of heritage planners in Ontario looking for successful examples of the adaptive re-use of barns.  Many examples were found across Canada, including theatres, restaurants, wineries, private houses and retail stores. Since then, the owner of the property and heritage staff have met to discuss the proposed designation and staff has allayed some of the concerns regarding the protection of the barn under the Ontario Heritage Act.  The developer hired a conservation architect to undertake an analysis of the barn’s condition.

 

DISCUSSION

 

Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act gives municipalities the authority to designate properties of cultural heritage value.  In order to be designated, the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee (OBHAC) considers the designation and makes a recommendation to Planning and Environment Committee (PEC) and City Council.  Council’s decision can be appealed by any member of the public.  If there is an appeal, a Conservation Review Board hearing is held and its decision is referred back to Council.  At that point, Council has the choice either to uphold or withdraw the designation.

 

Official Plan

 

The Official Plan has heritage provisions in “Cultural Heritage Resources,” Section 2.5.5.2 and 2.5.5.5. These policies provide for the designation of individual buildings under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, stating that:

 

Individual buildings, structures and cultural heritage landscapes will be designated as properties of cultural heritage value under Part IV of the Heritage Act,” and that

 

The City will give immediate consideration to the designation of any cultural heritage resources under the Heritage Act if that resource is threatened with demolition.

 

Provincial Policy Statement

 

Section 2.6.1 of the Provincial Policy Statement (2005, PPS) contains policies regarding the conservation of cultural heritage resources: “Significant built heritage resources and significant cultural heritage landscapes shall be conserved.” Research conducted by staff confirmed that the Bradley Craig Farmstead has cultural heritage value and is worthy of protection under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.  Designating the property will be consistent with the PPS.

 

Regulation 09/06 (Document 3)

 

The Bradley/Craig Farmstead demonstrates the development of farming methods and the parallel evolution of farm buildings, from simple log structures, to large, timber frame barns and elaborate farmhouses.  Built on land originally settled by Joshua Bradley in 1821, whose family became leaders in the community, the farmstead was a model for dairy farms across the region.  The Gothic Revival style farmhouse was constructed by his grandson in the 1870s, replacing an earlier log house.  The Gothic Revival was at the height of its popularity at this time and the building has many features associated with the style, including white brick voussoirs, stringcourses and quoins, a steeply pitched gable roof, bargeboard trim in the gable ends, verandas, and roof   The entrance displays a high level of craftsmanship including its original front door with sidelights and elliptical transom of blue and purple glass.

 

The barn is an excellent example of a monitor roofline dairy barn that was large enough to store the hay required by a large dairy operation.  It illustrates improvements in farming techniques and the parallel evolution of farm buildings in the late 19th century; as the scale of farms increased, larger timber framed barns were built which incorporated labour saving innovations such as ramps for unloading hay, and rope and pulley systems for moving the hay into the “mow,” the area of the barn used for hay storage.  The barn was constructed by a local builder, John Cummings, with the help of apprentices and neighbouring farmers.  Cummings was a prominent craftsman in Goulbourn, having built a number of significant buildings and barns in the township.  This is the last known example of a barn built by Cummings.

 

Regulation 09/06 sets out criteria for designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.  It states that “A property may be designated under Section 29 of the Act if it meets one or more of the following criteria for determining whether it is of cultural heritage value or interest …” These criteria are organized into three groups; design or physical value, historical or associative value and contextual value.

 

The two buildings that comprise the Bradley/Craig Farmstead meet the design criteria in the regulation.  The house is a good representative example of the Gothic Revival, demonstrating a high level of craftsmanship in its detailing.  The Barn is an excellent example of a monitor roofed dairy barn built with many technologically advanced features specific to dairy barns.  It is the last known work of barn builder, Cummings, to survive.  In terms of historical value, it is associated with the Bradley family, a prominent pioneer family in Goulbourn Township and its development into a large dairy farm illustrates the agricultural history of the area from earliest settlement to a period of economic prosperity.  Finally, the Bradley/Craig Farmstead has contextual value as a local landmark (see Document 4, Statement of Cultural Heritage Value and Document 5, Heritage Survey Form).

 

Conclusion

 

The recommended designation meets the criteria for designation under the Ontario Heritage Act.  The designation would protect a valuable part of Ottawa’s rural heritage and would be consistent with policies set out in the Official Plan and the Provincial Policy Statement.  The designation meets the criteria of Regulation 09/06 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

 

CONSULTATION

 

Heritage Ottawa is aware of the proposed designation.

 

Councillor Glenn Brooks is aware of the proposed designation.

 

The property owner is aware of the proposed designation. 

 

LEGAL/RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS:

 

There are no legal/risk management implications associated with this report. 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

N/A

 

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

 

Document 1    Location Map

Document 2    Bird’s Eye views

Document 3    Criteria for Designation

Document 4    Statement of Cultural Heritage Value

Document 5    Heritage Survey and Evaluation Form

 

DISPOSITION

 

City Clerk and Solicitor Department, Legislative Services Branch to notify the property owner and the Ontario Heritage Trust (10 Adelaide Street East, 3rd Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1J3) of Council’s decision to designate the Bradley Craig/ Farmstead, 590 Hazeldean Road.

 

Planning and Growth Management Department to advertise the Notice of Intention to Designate according to the Act and subsequent Notice of the passage of the designation by-law.

 

Planning and Growth Management Department to include the property on the municipal heritage register.

 

Surveys and Mapping to prepare an accurate survey of the lands to be designated.

 

Legal Services to prepare the designation by-law, submit it to City Council for enactment, serve the by-law and register it on title following passage by Council.

 


LOCATION MAP                                                                                                  DOCUMENT 1

 

NOTE: The highlighted area does NOT represent the area proposed for designation under the Ontario Heritage Act. It shows the current extent of the property.
BIRD'S EYE VIEW                                                                                               DOCUMENT 2

 

     

 

This aerial photograph represents the approximate boundaries of the area proposed for designation. Parcel to be surveyed prior to the passage of the designation by-law.


Ontario Regulation 09/06                                                                        DOCUMENT 3

 

ONTARIO REGULATION 9/06

CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING CULTURAL HERITAGE VALUE OR INTEREST

Consolidation Period: From January 25, 2006 to the e-Laws currency date.

No amendments.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

Criteria

1.  (1)  The criteria set out in subsection (2) are prescribed for the purposes of clause 29 (1) (a) of the Act. O. Reg. 9/06, s. 1 (1).

(2)  A property may be designated under section 29 of the Act if it meets one or more of the following criteria for determining whether it is of cultural heritage value or interest:

1. The property has design value or physical value because it,

i. is a rare, unique, representative or early example of a style, type, expression, material or construction method,

ii. displays a high degree of craftsmanship or artistic merit, or

iii. demonstrates a high degree of technical or scientific achievement.

2. The property has historical value or associative value because it,

i. has direct associations with a theme, event, belief, person, activity, organization or institution that is significant to a community,

ii. yields, or has the potential to yield, information that contributes to an understanding of a community or culture, or

iii. demonstrates or reflects the work or ideas of an architect, artist, builder, designer or theorist who is significant to a community.

3. The property has contextual value because it,

i. is important in defining, maintaining or supporting the character of an area,

ii. is physically, functionally, visually or historically linked to its surroundings, or

iii. is a landmark. O. Reg. 9/06, s. 1 (2).

 


STATEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE VALUE                                   DOCUMENT 4

as amended by OBHAC

 

Statement of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest and Description of Heritage Attributes

 

Description of Property – The Bradley/Craig Farmstead, 590 Hazeldean Road

 

The Bradley/Craig Farmstead, a complex including a two-and-a-half storey Gothic Revival style farmhouse and a large dairy barn, is located on the south side of Hazeldean Road.

 

Statement of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest

 

The Bradley/Craig Farmstead’s cultural heritage value lies in its being an excellent example of a farmhouse and barn constructed in the latter part of the 19th century when agriculture was the dominant economic activity of the province. It illustrates the second phase of the agricultural history of the former township of Goulbourn when farmers became more prosperous and constructed elaborate high style houses and technically advanced barns to replace earlier log structures. 

 

Built on land originally settled by Joshua Bradley in 1821, the Gothic Revival farmhouse was constructed by his grandson in the 1870s.  The barn, built in 1873, illustrates improvements in farming techniques and the parallel evolution of farm buildings in the late 19th century; as the scale of farms increased, larger timber framed barns were built which incorporated labour saving innovations such as ramps for unloading hay, and rope and pulley systems for moving the hay into the mow.  The barn was specifically designed for a dairy farm and its large size and monitor roofline meant that the hay required by a large dairy operation could be safely stored within it.  The barn was constructed by a local builder, John Cummings, with the help of apprentices and neighbouring farmers.  Cummings was a prominent craftsman in Goulbourn, having built a number of significant buildings and barns in the township.   

 

Description of Heritage Attributes

 

Key attributes that express the heritage value of the farmhouse as a good example of the Gothic Revival include the:

 

·         steeply pitched gable roof

·         decorative bargeboard in the gable ends

·         front veranda with its decorative woodwork

·         red brick cladding and contrasting white brick quoins, voussoirs and stringcourses 

·         front door with original sidelights and elliptical transom window of blue and purple glass;

·         metal grills on the exterior of the front door

 

Key attributes that express the heritage value of the large dairy barn include the:

 

·         monitor roofline

·         stone foundations

·         timber frame construction

·         purlin frame with kneewall

·         solid wood timbers connected by mortise and tenon joinery

·         wood cladding

·         diamond-shaped clerestory windows

·         raised, two-bay barn plan

·         Pair of large double doors

 

Key attributes that express the heritage of the Bradley/ Craig Farmstead complex

·         spatial relationship between the house and the barn

·         view from the east approaching Hazeldean Road

·         the farmyard

 

The garage attached to the house, the later additions to the original barn, the recent house and the outbuildings are not included in the designation.  The designation applies only to the farmhouse, barn and farmyard.

 

 


HERITAGE SURVEY FORM                                                                             DOCUMENT 5

 

 

 

HERITAGE SURVEY AND EVALUATION FORM

 

 

Address 

 

590 Hazeldean Road

 

Building name

 

Bradley/Craig Farmstead

 

Construction date

 

1873 barn, 1870s house

 

Original owner

 

Joshua Bradley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


northeast elevation 2003     Carol Ruddy                                                      northeast elevation circa 1900

 

 

PHASE ONE EVALUATION

 

Potential significance

Considerable

Some

Limited

None

 

Design

 

 

3

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Context

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

Phase One Score

 

                                                 

                                           8 / 9

 


 

 

Design or Physical Value

 

 

prepared by Carol Ruddy/ Sally Coutts

 

August 2007/ August 2009

 

Architecture (style, building type, expression, material, construction method)

 

Gothic Revival brick farmhouse.  The Gothic Revival style was in widespread use for the design of residences during the 1870s in Ontario.  The steeply gabled roof, bargeboard decoration and verandas with decorative trim are characteristic of the Gothic Revival farmhouse.  The brick accents in label moulds and stringcourses, and the decorated chimneys were also typical of the style. 

 

 

Farmhouse

The farmhouse is a two-and-one-half-storey, red brick structure with white brick trim, constructed in the 1870s.  There is a bargeboard on the front and side gables.  There are white brick quoins on the corners of the building.  The northwest projecting bay is the location of the only window in the attic storey.  White brick stringcourses continue into label moulds around the top edge of the first and second-storey windows.  The two over two sash windows have stone sills.  The front door is flanked by round-headed sidelights.  Two round-headed, exterior metal grills protect the glass in the door. The transom window extends the width of the sidelights.  All of the windows in the door, sidelights and transom have the original purple and blue glass.  There is a front veranda with decorative trim and chamfered posts.  The original veranda on the southeast elevation has been replaced by an enclosed porch, clad in wood siding.  The chimney on the south gable is the only chimney remaining of the three original chimneys.  The foundation is stone masonry.  There is a new attached double garage on the south (rear) elevation.  The metal roof is black. 

 

 

Barn

This timber frame barn is a particularly large example of the type of barn built to accommodate the needs of a large dairy herd.  It has a high foundation wall and earth ramps for driving a hay wagon (and later a tractor) into the upper level of the barn.  The lower level of the barn contains stables and a milking parlour while the upper level has a threshing floor with storage areas to the side.  A system of pulleys and ropes with hayfork was used to move the hay.  The cows were fed and milked on the ground level of the barn. 

 

The barn has a U-shaped floor plan and a monitor roof.  (Later additions resulted in the U-shaped plan.)  The shutters in the window openings of the monitor roof are opened or closed as required for ventilation.   There are a pair of large double doors on the north elevation which are wide enough to accommodate a team of horses or a tractor.  There is an earth ramp for each pair of double doors.  A smaller door is centred between the double doors.  There are several window and door openings on the south, east and west facades of the barn, irregularly arranged.  The barn is clad in vertical wood siding, with white trim.  The metal roof is grey.  The windows on the knee wall are diamond-shaped and have white trim. There are various types of windows at the ground level.   The foundation is stone masonry and has been repaired in a few areas with poured concrete. 

 

Outbuildings   There are three smaller farm buildings to the north of the main barn.  There are two gambrel roofed, wood frame structures, clad in wood with metal roofs, built around 1930.  The third building is a contemporary metal storage shed.

 

 

Craftsmanship/Artistic merit

 

The front door of the house, with its round-headed windows, original sidelights and elliptical transom of blue and purple glass, is also finely crafted.  The door has ornate exterior metal grills that are the same dimensions as the round-headed windows. Other examples of fine craftsmanship in the house include the newel post and balustrade of the main staircase and the white brick decoration on the exterior of the house.

 

The farmhouse and barn are refined examples of their type.  The barn is of timber frame construction.  Timber frame construction uses no metal fasteners to hold the supporting structure of the barn together.  A timber frame building is built of solid wood timbers connected by mortise and tenon joinery secured with hardwood pegs.

 

 

Technical/Scientific merit

 

The barn is an unusually large example of timber frame construction.   There is considerable technical expertise required to raise timbers of this size.  The joinery secured with wooden pegs displays a high level of craftsmanship, given the precision that is required to secure the weight of timbers that span such large distances.

 

The use of a hay fork attached to a track along the ridge beam of the roof was a labour saving device that represented an innovation in farm technology.  The track replaced earlier pulley systems that were capable of moving loads vertically, but not horizontally through the barn.  

 

 

Summary

 

The Bradley Craig Farmstead illustrates the development of farming methods and the parallel evolution of farm buildings, from simple log structures, to large, timber frame barns and substantial farmhouses.  It is an example of the work of a prominent carpenter, John Cummings, who built a number of significant buildings in the Goulbourn area.  The farmhouse and barn are refined examples of their type. 

 

 

Sources

 

Ennals, Peter M.  Nineteenth-century barns in southern Ontario.  Canadian Geographer, XVI, 3, 1972.

Canadian Wood Council. Post and Beam. www.cwc.ca/applications/post_and_beam

Biographical files held by the Goulbourn Museum History Centre on John Cummings (F-1043).

McIlwraith, Thomas F.  Looking for Old Ontario – Two Centuries of Landscape Change. University of Toronto Press. Toronto, 1997.

 

 


 

 

Historical and Associative Value

 

 

prepared by Carol Ruddy

 

August  2007

 

Date of construction

Farmhouse 1870s

Barn 1873

 

Themes/Events/Persons/Institutions

 

The property at 590 Hazeldean Road was settled by Joshua Bradley (1800-1881).  Bradley was born in County Wexford, Ireland and arrived in Upper Canada in 1821.  He received a Crown land grant in Goulbourn Township in 1824 for Concession XI, Lot 29, the current location of the Craig farmhouse and barn.  The land was prime agricultural land.  The earliest buildings were a log farmhouse and several log barns.  In the 1870s the log farmhouse was replaced by the existing Gothic Revival brick house.   In 1873, John Cummings, a local carpenter, built the existing large, well-ventilated barn for the Bradley family.  Cummings built four similar barns in the Goulbourn area, none of which remain standing.  The farm remained in the ownership of the Bradley family since the date of the Crown grant in 1824 until it was sold in January 2007.

 

 

Community History

 

Settlement of Goulbourn Township.  Goulbourn Township was settled beginning in 1818 by veterans of the War of 1812.  Soon after, Irish, Scottish and English immigrants arrived, escaping the troubled economic conditions resulting from the Napoleonic Wars.  During the Irish Potato Famine, 1845-1850, many settlers arrived in Goulbourn from Ireland. 

 

 

Designer/Architect

 

The builder of the farmhouse is not known. 

 

The barn was built by John Cummings (1832-1887) in 1873, with the help of apprentices and neighbouring farmers.  Cummings was born in Ireland and came to Goulbourn sometime during the 1850s.  He apprenticed to a carpenter named John Shore in Ashton.  Cummings lived in Stittsville with his family and traveled throughout the area building barns and houses, in addition to doing other carpentry work.  The Craig barn is the only known remaining example of a Cummings barn.  Cummings built the Butler House, The Richardson House, St. Paul’s Anglican Church (burned in 1935), all located in Goulbourn.  

 

 

Summary

 

The Craig farmhouse and barn illustrate the settlement of former Goulbourn Township, from the arrival of settlers to the development of the land into prosperous farms. 

 

Sources

 

Interviews with Norma and Eldon Craig, 2003.   Graupner, John Graham. The Gallant Grahams of Canada. Harlo Printing Company. Detroit, Michigan. 1990. pages 190 – 197 and 661 – 663.  Biographical files held by the Goulbourn Museum History Centre on John Cummings (F-1043) and Joshua Bradley (F-1042).   Stanzel, Jim.  Land Patent Holders Goulbourn Township and Village of Richmond.  Ottawa Branch – Ontario Genealogical Society. Publication Number: 01-03, ISBN: 0-7779-1516-2.

 

 

 

Contextual Value

 

 

prepared by Carol Ruddy

 

August 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    northeast elevation 2003    Carol Ruddy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

     interior of barn 2003       Carol Ruddy

 

 

Community Character

 

The farmhouse and barn represent the last vestiges of rural heritage character on Hazeldean Road in the context of adjacent suburban subdivisions and commercial developments.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Context/Links to Surroundings

 

The agricultural complex consisting of the timber frame barn, Gothic Revival farmhouse, outbuildings and surrounding fields is a cultural heritage landscape that is typical of the late 19th century dairy farm and is a character-defining element on Hazeldean Road.

 

 

Landmark

 

The farmhouse and barn are set close to the road with open fields to the rear.  The distinctive roofline of the large barn and the architectural character of the house combine to make this farm complex a landmark on Hazeldean Road.  The house and barn are the last remaining examples of their type between Stittsville and Kanata.

 

 

Summary

 

The Craig farmhouse and barn are prominent, character-defining heritage elements on Hazeldean Road in the context of adjacent new residential and commercial development.

 

 


 

2.         Designation of THE bradley/craig farmstead, 590 hazeldean road under part iv of the ontario heritage act

DÉSIGNATION DE LA FERME BRADLEY/CRAIG, SITUÉE AU 590, CHEMIN HAZELDEAN, AUX TERMES DE LA PARTIE IV DE LA LOI SUR LE PATRIMOINE DE L'ONTARIO

ACS2010-ICS-PGM-0021                                                                      Rideau Goulburn (21)

 

Sally Coutts, Heritage Planner, spoke to the report, outlining in particular details pertaining to the application process for heritage designation.  Ms. Coutts provided a PowerPoint presentation outlining the heritage attributes of the two buildings, the farmhouse and barn at 590 Hazeldean Road, as well as the parcel of land that staff are recommending for designation.  Ms. Coutts elaborated on the craftsmanship and strong cultural heritage value of the gothic revival style farmhouse, as well as the sophisticated construction of the dairy barn, with a monitor roof and diamond-shaped windows.  Ms. Coutts reminded members that the outbuildings, as well as the more recent addition to the barn are not part of the proposed designation.

 

Miguel Tremblay, FoTenn Consultants Inc., spoke to in opposition to the designation.  Mr. Tremblay stated that the City of Ottawa’s Official Plan policy regarding intensification may be in conflict with the City staff’s recommendation to designate this property.  Mr. Tremblay warned members that zoning allows for significant mixed use development directly adjoining the proposed parcel, and that Hazeldean Road would be converted to an arterial road.  Mr. Tremblay suggested that under such circumstances, the context on which the designation is based would be lost.

 

Alan Cohen, Soloway Wright, spoke in opposition to the designation.  Mr. Cohen stated that the Craig barn may be inappropriate for designation because it is no longer used as a dairy barn, and would therefore most likely remain unused amidst new development.  Mr. Cohen stated that if OBHAC recommended against designation of the building, it would be more easily moved to an area where an adaptive reuse might be more feasible.  This, Mr. Cohen felt, would ensure its conservation, rather than simply its preservation.

 

David Jeanes, Heritage Ottawa, spoke to the comments submitted by Ken Elder, Heritage Ottawa.  Mr. Jeanes noted the front door of the farmhouse and the diamond shape of the windows in the Craig barn as significant attributes to the buildings.

 

The following correspondence was received and is held on file in the City Clerk’s office pursuant to the City of Ottawa’s Records Retention and Disposition Bylaw:

·         Email dated 18 January 2010 from Ken L. Elder, Advocacy Director, Heritage Ottawa, in support of the designation.

 

Members noted that the parcel recommended for designation is a small portion of the overall lot owned by the developer, and that this property was listed on the former City of Kanata heritage reference list.  Members applauded the City of Ottawa for seeking designation of a complex including a barn, which have heritage significance.  Members felt that the developer would have opportunity to find an adaptive reuse for the Craig barn, and felt that the attributes described by staff exceeded the requirements to warrant designation.  Finally, members determined that the development proposed for the adjacent site should not impede heritage designations, and felt that this designation was not in conflict with the mixed use development zoning.

 

Members suggested to staff to amend Document 4 to include the two doors of the Craig barn.

 

Moved by È. Wertheimer,

 

That the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee recommend that Planning and Environment Committee recommend that Council approve the designation of the Bradley/Craig Farmstead, 590 Hazeldean Road, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value, attached as Document 4, as amended.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED