Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Cape House
D'Escousse, Richmond, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1830
- Decade built
- 1830-1839
- Builder
- Philip Mauger
- Cultural association
- Channel Island, Jersey
- Notice of registration date
- 9 August 1991
- Civic address
- 996 D'Escousse-Cap La Ronde Road
- Community
- D'Escousse
- County
- Richmond
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.56983, -60.90088
- File number
- Prov_file_146
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
2 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1764 map "L'Isle Royale, Située a l'Entrée du Golphe de Saint Laurent" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1764 · L'Isle Royale, Située a l'Entrée du Golphe de Saint Laurent (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Eastern Half of Nova Scotia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
its has remained largely unaltered since its erection about 1826 by Philip Mauger, a native of Jersey and because it is the only known house in the Province to have been passed down through a single family originating from the Channel Islands.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Cape House are:
-its 1 1/2 storey wooden framed home;
-its simple gabled roof;
-its wood-shingled cladding;
-its 2 over 2 hung windows with peaked hoods; and
-its kitchen addition.