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We Love Your House - Church St. Stratford

3/1/2016

Thomas Ballantyne, the founder of Black Creek Cheese Factory had this Queen Anne house constructed in 1892. This extra wide bay and gable red brick facade has a delicately embellished entrance porch in the geometric Eastlake style. The repetition of the 3 second level windows create a nice balance to the sunburst in the gable and the Romanesque half round windows. Ultimately charming and worth noting is the decorative brickwork throughout.

Catherine Cassidy is a Designer with Build, a construction firm in Stratford, Ontario, specializing in new custom homes and renovations.

4 Comments

Liv

5/17/2016 07:13:25 am

I was wondering if you know anything about the raised brick patterns found throughout the facade? I noticed the pattern on several houses in Stratford during a heritage homes tour. Some of the square brick patterns are placed randomly while others seem to have some symmetry.

Rory link

5/17/2016 06:28:27 pm

I have noticed these patterns on houses in other areas as well, but they do seem to have a "regionalism" to them. I will try to post some photos of others I have seen. One more example of builders knowing what worked well being lost in more current houses.

Susan Young

6/12/2016 09:26:40 am

We live in Thomas Ballantyne Jr.'s next house on 175 Cambria Street. He had this home built in his later years: 1921. We are just getting a plaque for this unique home from ACO and were interested to learn that he was a "cheese buyer" as I thought he was an industrialist.

Catherine link

6/13/2016 01:19:13 pm

Hi Susan, Your house is charming and definitely distinctive with its arts and crafts influence. It seems Thomas Ballantyne was both a cheese dealer and an industrialist: http://bit.ly/1ZLYrTB. Impressive history!

Rory McDonnell

I am a licensed carpenter,
an experienced general contractor, and a qualified architectural designer. My expertise is in building, restoring, and renovating new custom homes and heritage homes with respect for their inherent details.

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