Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Scott Manor House
Bedford, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- museum
- Year built
- c.1772
- Decade built
- 1770-1779
- Cultural association
- British Colonial
- Notice of registration date
- 3 September 1996
- Civic address
- 15 Fort Sackville Road
- Community
- Bedford
- County
- Halifax
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.72930, -63.66011
- File number
- Prov_file_215
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1879 map "County of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1879 · County of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Hants, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Kings, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the historical association of this building with Joseph Scott, MLA; and the unique architectural design, reminiscent of 18th century English country houses.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Scott Manor House relate to its unique architecture and include:
- gambrel, cedar shingled, roof;
- form and massing;
- simple, unadorned façade;
- location next to the grounds of the former Fort Sackville;
- two original ‘wishbone’ brick chimneys with field stone bases;
- wooden shingled exterior;
- second storey six-over-six windows and first storey nine-over-nine windows;
- storey-and-a-half storey lateral wings with simple roof profiles;
- archeological remains of Fort Sackville;
- simple porch;
- historic well to the rear of the house.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.