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Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 30, 2024

2. Glanmore Marker

Looking south from Bridge Street East across the Glanmore Historic Site entrance. The Glanmore /Phillips-Faulkner House is obscured by trees from this angle.

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From the Canadian Register Statement of Significance:
The key elements that contribute to the heritage character of this site include:

• its asymmetrical three-storey massing composed of projecting bays, receding walls and a turret;
• its mansard roof with polychrome slate and detailing such as ornamental iron cresting, scalloped fascia boards, cornice

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 30, 2024

3. Glanmore Phillips-Faulkner House
(northwest elevation)

with turned brackets, and semi-circular dormer windows;
• its rich sculptural detail, evident in the use of bays, porches, an ornamental verandah, and a variety of textures and materials;
• its segmented and round-headed windows with stone lintels and projecting keystones;
• the surviving original exterior materials, including yellow brick, stone trim, wood, slate, and cast iron;
• surviving original interior detailing, including ornate, decorated ceilings in the principal rooms, wood and plaster mouldings in the drawing room, dining room and reception room, and original paint finishes on the drawing room and dining room ceilings;
• the location and orientation of the house on a corner lot;
• viewscapes of the house from the circular driveway and Bridge Street.

Excerpt:  An impressive, three-storey, 19th-century buff-brick house, built in the Second Empire style, it is a classic example

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 30, 2024

4. Glanmore Phillips-Faulkner House (west elevation)

of the Second Empire style popular among the upper middle class in late-19th-century Canada. The design elements of the Second Empire style most evident in the house are the single-sloped mansard roof and the rich sculptural detailing along the façade. The house has survived relatively intact, inside and out. It is now operated as a house museum.

Excerpt:  Built on land that Harriet Dougall Phillips inherited from the Bleecker family. She and her husband, wealthy banker John Philpot Curran Phillips, constructed the house in 1882-1883. The building exterior features a slate mansard roof, cornices, and elaborate molding. It was designed by architect Thomas Hanley of Belleville and built by Francis McKay.

The building underwent restoration of the roof in 1997, and the conservation of the historic plaster interiors in 2012. The ceilings are believed to have been originally hand-painted by Harriet Dougall Phillips, the original inhabitant of the house. By 2018, the house had been through 22 restoration projects designed to conserve its original state.

The name Glanmore House is suggested to have come from potential ties between the original owners and the Glanmore region of Ireland.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 30, 2024

5. Glanmore / Phillips-Faulkner House National Historic Site of Canada

Looking southeast from the Bridge Street/Dufferin Avenue intersection.

Excerpt: Four generations of the Phillips-Burrows-Faulkner family resided at Glanmore from the time it was built in 1883, and the continuity of ownership ensured the preservation of the building’s original character.

While still a private residence Glanmore was designated a National Historic Site in 1969. The designation was in recognition of its outstanding Second Empire style of architecture. Glanmore’s grand interior, thanks to many meticulous restoration projects, features beautiful hand-painted ceilings and ornate woodwork.

In 1971, Philippa Faulkner, a celebrated artist and the last family member to own the house, sold Glanmore for use as a community museum. The museum’s impressive period-rooms display beautiful original furnishings, known as the Glanmore Collection (or Phillips-Burrows-Faulkner Collection), as well as exceptional objects from the Couldery Collection.