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| | | MLS® # 1091127 | | | Title: Past and Present Live Together in this Wonderful Stone Farmhouse | | Address: 1561 Kirkwall Road, Cambridge, N1R 5S2, Ontario
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Status: Available For Sale |
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| Major Intersection: |
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Minutes to Lion Safarii |
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| List Price: |
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$529,900.00 |
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| Property Type: |
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Residential |
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3 |
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2 |
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| Description: |
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The first settlers in this area of Beverly, in what would become Flamborough Township, came from Scotland in the mid to late 1820's. During the next several years, 27 people lived together in a large long house, while they cleared the land and built rudimentary log houses for each family to inhabit. The Riddle family arrived in Kirkwall (named after the town in Scotland) in 1832 after a nine-week sea voyage. They arrived in Montreal and traveled to this area via Durham Boats and ox wagons.
Robert Riddle bought 100 acres from Alexander Douglas in 1835, and a further 100 acres in 1849, and in 1850 built the stone farmhouse on the hill. The house remained in the Riddle family until 1975. Many of the original families still live in and around Kirkwall. The Kirkwall Presbyterian Church, originally constructed in the 1830's, has many tombstones in its cemetery with the original pioneer families' names engraved on them.
As you drive up the front driveway from the 8th Concession, you will see some of the original stately sugar maples that line the driveway and curve around behind the house - there are still 6 of them standing and we trust they will be around for many more years. In the fall, the colours of the leaves of these 6 trees are breath-taking. The house is a wilderness Georgian design, earlier than the 1850 construction of the house. Instead of a central gable over the formal front door, the roof line is straight across, the house symmetrical in its simplicity, as befits Georgian Canadian architecture of this period. The construction is coursed stoned on the front of the house, with side lights and transom of the front door surrounded by 2, 6 over 6-paned windows. Most of the panes are original to the house with the exception of a few replacements, mainly upstairs. The end walls and the rear are made of uncoursed rubble stone. The formal front was typically the first sight one had of the house, so it was constructed more finely than the rest. A summer kitchen was added on the back of the house, shortly after its construction, and it has a small wooden porch with simple curved brackets and arches.
The interior of the house retains many of its original features. The dining room has the working interior shutters that were used to keep drafts at bay; it also has a clock shelf, original baseboards, crown moulding and original paint pine floors underneath carpeting. The front hallway, in addition to the same moulding and baseboards, has the original wooden staircase and square balusters with a neo-classical carved newel post. Most of the windows retain the 18" deep window ledges, and some of the doorknobs are Bennington, from the famed Bennington pottery in Vermont. The living room has the original tongue and groove wainscotting, and almost all interior doors are original. The house is unusual in that it has pine plank flooring throughout, and much of it is still in its original painted colours. Most of the interior walls are the original plaster, all of which is blemish-free. The unfinished basement has the original cedar beams, some of which retain their tree bark.
Far from being only a treasure from the past, the services and unseen modern upgrades are many: a new submersible pump was installed in the deep, drilled well 2 months ago; a modern UV system filters the well's water, and a new water softener completes the modern water system. The kitchen stone fireplace has a large airtight insert that makes this part of the house as cozy and comfortable as anyone could wish; a new high-efficiency gas furnace completes the house's heating system; a state-of-the-art alarm system has been installed; the attics and the circumference of the top of the basement have been thoroughly insulated a few years ago. Although you are in an historical house that offers many of the wonderful qualities of the past, you are also in the presence of many features that make this wonderful home totally comfortable and livable. You literally have the best of both worlds.
Kirkwall is 1 mile south of Highway 97, about 2 miles east of the African Lion Safari. It is a 10 minute drive from Galt and major Cambridge shopping centres, 20 minutes from K-W, 20 minutes from Guelph, 1/2 hour drive from City Hall in Hamilton, 20 minutes from the 403, 5 minutes from Hwy. 8, 10 minutes from Hwy. 6, and 15 minutes south of the Hwy. 401. The location of this property, for people who crave country living but need close access to cities and services in Southern Ontario, is superb.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity...call us today for your personal viewing. |
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| Possession date: |
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90-120 days |
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| Year built: |
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1850 |
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| Square feet: |
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2653 as per MPAC |
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1 |
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| Parking spaces: |
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10 |
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Gravel |
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| Lot size / Acreage: |
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2.47 acres |
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| Exterior finish: |
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Stone |
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| Annual property tax: |
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$4,742.00 |
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| Home features: |
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| Rear Porch | Garden Shed | | Full Basement | Alarm System | | Wood Fireplace | Gas Heat |
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| Disclosure Statement: |
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Although the Information displayed is believed to be accurate, no warranties or representations are made of any kind. |
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| Brokered & Advertised by: |
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Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc., Brokerage |
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