BYLAW - Heritage Designation Amend 495307R (The Allen Brown House) - 20180626 - 609818The Corporation of the Town of Aurora
By-law Number 6098-18
Being a By-law to amend By-law Number 4953-07.11, to designate a
property to be of cultural heritage value or interest
(The Allen Brown House).
Whereas under subsection 30.1 (1) of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter
0.18, as amended (the "Act") the council of a municipality may, by by-law, amend a by-
law designating property made under section 29;
And whereas on August 14, 2007, the Council of The Corporation of the Town of
Aurora (the "Town") enacted By-law Number 4953-07.R, being a by-law to designate a
certain property as being of historical and/or architectural value or interest "The Allen
Brown House", 14425 Bayview Avenue;
And whereas the Council of the Town deems it necessary and expedient to amend By-
law 4953-07.R to correct the legal description of the property and to clarify or correct
the statement explaining the property's cultural heritage value or interest or the
description of the property's heritage attributes;
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Aurora hereby enacts
as follows:
The property described on By-law Number 4953-07.R as 14425 Bayview Avenue
be and is hereby deleted and replaced by 158 Carisbrooke Circle (the
"Property") to be of cultural heritage value or interest.
2. Schedule "A" to By-law Number 4953-07.R be and is hereby deleted and
replaced by Schedule "A" — Description of Property attached hereto and forming
part of this By-law.
3. Schedule "B" to By-law Number 4953-07.R be and is hereby deleted and
replaced by Schedule "B" attached hereto and forming part of this By-law.
4. The Town Clerk shall serve a copy of this By-law on the owner of the Property
and the Ontario Heritage Trust.
5. The Town Solicitor shall register against the Property in the proper Land Registry
Office, a copy of this By-law including an Affidavit of the Town Clerk respecting
the giving of notice as provided for under the Act, to be attached to and forming
part of this By-law.
Enacted by Town of Aurora Council this 26t" day of June, 2018.
Geoffrey Dawe, Mayor
Michael de Rond, Town Clerk
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Schedule "A"
Description of Property
All and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate, lying and
being in the Town of Aurora, in the Regional Municipality of York, municipally known as
158 Carisbrooke Circle, and legally described as Lot 34, Plan 65M-4084, being all of
PIN 03675-0228 (LT).
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Schedule "B"
Statement of Significance
The Allen Brown House at 158 Carisbrooke Circle is recommended for designation
under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act because of its cultural heritage value or
interest.
Statement of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
Historical or Associative Value
Built circa 1860, The Allen Brown House has historical value for its association with the
Brown family, who were prominent farmers for a number of decades in this part of the
former Whitchurch Township.
Architectural Value
The Allen Brown House has architectural value as a good example of a traditional
styled farmhouse building illustrating influences of the earlier Georgian/Neo Classical
styles and the later Gothic Revival.
The house is 11/2 storeys in height with a 3-bay fagade. The house is distinguished by
large returned eaves, a central front doorway with sidelights and transom and Gothic
Gables with peaked Gothic Revival windows with omate tracery. The house was clad in
stucco at some point in the mid 20t" Century.
Contextual Value
The Allen Brown House has contextual value as one of the best examples of a mid 191n
Century farmhouse in Aurora and as a significant reminder of the former agricultural
industry in the area.
Description of Heritage Attributes
The Description of Heritage Attributes include the following heritage attributes and apply
to all elevations and the roof including all fagades, entrances, windows, chimneys and
trim, together with construction materials of wood, brick, stone, plaster parging, metal
and glazing, their related building techniques and landscape features:
Exterior Elements:
• Historic Roof Shape with Gables and Peaks;
• Returned Eaves;
• Wood Soffits and Facia;
• Wood gingerbread trim on the front gables;
• Wood front door with sidelights, transom and side panels and partial Doric
columns;
• Wood side door with glazing and decorative trim;
• 19t" Century wood windows 2/2 pane division;
• Decorative Gothic Revival windows;