McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
House for A.H. Scott
File
61 drawings : 4 ink on linen, 3 ink on paper, 52 pencil on paper, 2 watercolour on paper
7 photographs
File consists of architectural drawings for country house (basement, 2 floors, 3 bedrooms; stone and roughcast; wall bearing) and photographs of finished interiors. Drawings include:
1 survey drawing: property plan
2 measured drawings: ground levels, stable
1 sketch drawing: site plan
2 presentation drawings: north, east and west elevations
4 working drawings: floor plans, roof plan, elevations, section
48 detail drawings: floor plan, room interiors, windows, stonework (including corbel, base, coins, ramp, porch), eaves, bellcast, doors, dormers, entrance, vestibule, staircase, plaster cornices, stairs, woodwork (including porch, panelling, fireplace, screen), closets, balusters, shutters, fittings, architrave, ornaments, tea house, ironwork (including awning, hinges), sundial
3 record drawings: block plan, plans, elevations.
Built by Nobbs and Hyde in 1922, this suburban country house was built on the foundations of an old French Canadian farm house, and in general form it follows the French Canadian tradition. The roof is of galvanized iron shingles, laid in the local manner, which was evolved in the use of small tin shingles. Over the bedroom floor is a low attic, ventilated at both ends, to keep the roof cool in hot weather. (P. E. Nobbs, “Tradition and Progress in Canadian Architecture, “ The Studio 104 (1932) : 84)