Alterations and additions to house in Saanich, B.C., for the Hon. W.C. Nichol
"Miraloma" (now "The Latch"), 2328 Harbour Road, Sidney, B.C.
Item is an architectural drawing by Samuel Maclure prepared for Hon. Walter C. Nichol of Sidney, B.C.
This file contains proposals, contract drawings and extensive detail drawings. The proposal and contract drawings show plans and elevations. A detailed item list is available. The proposal dated Dec. 1924 (AP1290-AP1291) shows a two-storey house. The ground floor comprises a porch, vestibule and adjoining cloak room and lavatory, hall, drawing room, smoking room, lavatory, dining room, kitchen, pantry, bedroom and bathroom. A terrace extends two-thirds of the way across the back of the house. The second floor consists of the upper hall, eight bedrooms, four bathrooms and a linen room. The alterations and additions to the Copeland farm house produce a two-storey house with basement. The lower floor consists of a smoking room or library, dining room, kitchen, pantry, storeroom, two porches off the kitchen, cook's room, three bedrooms, two bathrooms and two verandas. The upper floor comprises a hall, drawing room, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, three balconies and a veranda. A porch adjoins the hall and veranda and is connected to the porte cochere. The wooden framing is covered with unbarked wood slabs. The file also contains sketches or drawings for a summer house, gardner's cottage, dance pavilion, garages, garden paths and a terrace. The contract drawings (AP1294, AP1296-AP1298, AP1305, AP1315 and AP1318) refer to contracts dated May 1, May 8 and Oct. 29, 1925. All are signed: "Hunter & Halket, per E.J. Hunter [and] W.C. Nichol".
- In Collection:
- 1 of 35 drawings: 28 pencil on paper, 5 ink on paper, 2 blueprints; 69 x 92 cm or smaller
- 48.6678, -123.40323
- Samuel Maclure Architectural Drawings
- Samuel Maclure fonds (SC075), Special Collections and University Archives, University of Victoria
- Acc. 1980-067, AP1296
- February 23, 2012
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