City of St. John's Heritage Building, Structure, Land or Area

031 King's Bridge Road

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Exterior photo of duplex showing front facade of both 031 and 033 King's Bridge Road. Taken February 2005.

Exterior photo of duplex showing front facade of both 031 and 033 King's Bridge Road. Taken February 2005.

Photo: HFNL 2005

Built
1914–1925
Recognized
1985
By
City of St. John's

The register’s text, word for word

Description

031 King's Bridge Road is one half of a two-and-a-half storey duplex located at the corner of King’s Bridge Road and Circular Road, St. John’s. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.

Heritage value

031 King’s Bridge Road is designated a Municipal Heritage building because of its aesthetic and environmental values. This duplex is a beautiful example of Classical Revival architecture. It has symmetrical decoration, a pedimented covered, open porch and a peaked roof. There are two peaked dormers: one for each side of the duplex. The main entrance is located directly in the center of the house with stairs going down both sides. Along the stairs are carved spindles. This house has narrow wooden clapboard and wide pilaster corner boards, along with a wide raincap along the bottom of the house. The windows are 6/1 and have wide mouldings with decorative shutters.

031 and 033 King’s Bridge Road is environmental valuable because it sits on a mature lot, in an area of the city of equally grand and similarly aged homes.

SourceCity of St. John's Archives property file: 031-033 King's Bridge Road.

Character‑defining elements

All those elements that reflect the Classical Revival design, including:

-narrow wooden clapboard;

-shape, size, decoration and placement of windows;

-covered/open pedimented porch with elaborate double staircase columns;

-pilasters at corners of building;

-peaked dormer windows; and -symmetry of façade creating an appearance of one large building.

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Location

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1C, Canada

47.57481° N, 52.70318° W

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