Armstrong Farm Site

- the site's location alongside a grid road in the Rossburn area

• the placement of the buildings

within a farmyard sheltered by mature trees, with the house set closest to the road and the barn to the rear (west)

Key elements that define the four-square dwelling's well-appointed exterior character include:

• the block-like massing enhanced by a two-storey polygonal bay on the south face
• the large

truncated hip roof broken by gable dormers on the east and west sides and by a hipped roof over the bay

- the decorative brick veneer featuring light-coloured accents contrasting with the prevailing red-brown face brick, including prominent quoin-like detailing at corners and around windows and doors, belt courses, fanciful flat arches and keystones, etc.

• the abundant fenestration throughout, composed mostly of tall

rectangular windows in wood surrounds

• finishes and details such as the dormers' fish-scale shingles

and intricately cut bargeboards, etc.

Key elements that define the dwelling's interior heritage character include:

• the centre-hall plan incorporating a large farm kitchen and spacious, connected

living and dining rooms on the main floor and private rooms above

• the well-preserved woodwork, including

the main staircase and by details such as the window trim, several doors with applied scrolled trim, etc.

• the narrow fir flooring on the second floor, with portions retaining a faux oak finish

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Southern Ontario-style barn include:

• the elongated two-storey

rectangular form under a massive gable roof, with vertical board loft walls and horizontal siding around the stable

• the interior construction used in the loft, of heavy timbers formed into a large open framework

(each unit of the frame called a bent)

• the functional details, including the plank stable and loft

doors, the small square four-pane fixed stable windows on all sides, etc.