Benjamin Wier House

Reason for registration

it is one of the few Roccoco Italiante buildings in the Province and because of its location on Hollis Street, forming a significant part of a continuum with other heritage buildings on the same street and with Government House.

Character-defining elements

Character-defining elements of the Benjamin Wier House include:

- location among other similar heritage buildings on Hollis Street;
- four dormers, two placed on either side of the building;
- truncated gable roof;
- Wallace sandstone front elevation.

Character-defining elements of the Rococo Italianate style of the Benjamin Wier House include:

- three storey symmetrical five bay façade with central doorway;
- round-headed window and door openings as decorative accents, windows with elaborated crowns;
- windows on the second floor have decorated sandstone trim while those on the first floor have, in addition, sandstone bracketed hoods;
- doorway topped by a large sandstone, bracketed entablature;
- wide eaves supported by brackets but are cut in the center to allow an elaborate parapet with a Palladian window;
- bracketed hoods and sills;
- two dormer windows flanking the Palladian window on the third floor;
- iron balcony above central door;
- Romeo and Juliet balcony at the rear.

Character-defining elements of the interior of the Benjamin Wier House include:

- richly carved ceiling moldings;
- white and black marble fireplaces;
- curving staircase with a large skylight above on the third floor.