House for Herbert Carmichael, Esq., St. Denis St., Oak Bay
"Glen-an-darra", 1256 St. Denis Street, Oak Bay, B.C.
House drawings show plans, elevations, sections and details. House and garage alteration drawings show plans and elevations. Two-storey house with basement and detached garage. The basement includes a vestibule, laundry, sewing room, servant's room, workshop, lavatory, storeroom and coal bunker. A hall, living room, dining room, den, kitchen, pantry and porch make up the ground floor, and the second floor comprises three bedrooms, dressing room, water closet, bathroom and balcony. The wood frame construction is finished in roughcast on the ground floor and basement and in half timbering on the second floor. Leaded casements are liberally specified for first- and second-floor windows. The kitchen is extended onto the back porch in an alteration dated just a year after the original plans. The garage is enlarged by the addition of a second bay, a "man's room" and a bedroom above it. Working drawings signed by A.H. Mitchell and Herbert Carmichael.
Item is an architectural drawing by Samuel Maclure prepared for Herbert Carmichael of Oak Bay, B.C.
- In Collection:
- 1 of 7 drawings: ink on linen; 51 x 69 cm or smaller
- 48.42388, -123.30869
- Samuel Maclure Architectural Drawings
- Samuel Maclure fonds (SC075), Special Collections and University Archives, University of Victoria
- Acc. 1980-067, AP342
- February 23, 2012
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