Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
The Consulate
Pictou, Pictou, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- B&B
- Year built
- 1811
- Decade built
- 1810-1819
- Notice of registration date
- 5 January 1994
- Civic address
- 157 Water Street
- Community
- Pictou
- County
- Pictou
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.67621, -62.71501
- File number
- Prov_file_181
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1878 map "Pictou Co., N.S." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1878 · Pictou Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · Sect. No. 2, Caribou, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · Outline Map of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, 1879. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Pictou, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Colchester, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
it was built in 1811 by George Smith, the leading Pictou County merchant and politician of his day, and because of its unusual siting and plan to allow for use both as his residence and business premises.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of The Consulate include:
- two over two windows;
- two chimneys east slope, steeply pitched hipped roof;
- sandstone construction with quoins;
- large two-storey verandah addition to the rear elevation;
- sitting and plan of the building, sited adjacent to the street edge, despite the large lot, and the rectangular plan with the main entrance on the short side;
- location on the Pictou waterfront.
Character-defining elements of the Georgian style of The Consulate include;
- symmetrical three bay façade;
- Scottish dormers, two on the west side, one on north and one on the south;
- graceful fanlight over the doorway, contrasting with the simple and largely unadorned exterior.
Nearby in the register
- Kilmarnoch Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Lorrain's Innresidenceunder 1 mi
- McCulloch Housemuseumunder 1 mi
- Pictou Iron Foundrycommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.