Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Stewart House
Grand Pre, Kings, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- B&B
- Year built
- c.1800
- Decade built
- 1800-1810
- Cultural association
- New England Planter
- Notice of registration date
- 11 March 1988
- Civic address
- 264 Old Post Road
- Community
- Grand Pre
- County
- Kings
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.10584, -64.30145
- File number
- Prov_file_72
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1878 map "Lunenburg Co., N.S." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1878 · Lunenburg Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Kings, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 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 Colchester, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · Counties of Westmorland and Albert, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime… (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
its continuous ownership by the Stewart family with their close association of over nearly 200 years with the social and economic life of New England Planter Society, and its largely unaltered facade as an excellent example of that society's colonial architectural style.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Stewart House relating to its New England Colonial style include:
- two-storey wood construction;
- steeply pitched gable roof;
- central doorway with symmetrical five bay facade;
- one large central chimney;
- foundation of field rock and brick;
- small front porch entry which opens into a narrow hallway from which a small winding stairway, located in front of the large centre chimney wall, leads to the second storey;
- five open fireplaces;
- a carriage house that is a two-storey post and beam building.
Nearby in the register
- GowanBraeresidenceunder 1 mi
- Jeremiah Calkin Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Borden Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Covenanter Churchchurchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.