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SEATON HOUSE (1830s) 57 KING STREET EAST, COLBORNE CRAMAHE TOWNSHIP ONTARIO PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION: ADDRESS: 57 King Street East Colborne, ON K0K 1S0 CONCESSION/LOT: Lot 168, Reid Plan (RP38R5606, Part 1) Village of Colborne, County of Northumberland. BUILT: BUILDER: ARCHITECT: 1830s Unknown Unknown DESIGN OR PHYSICAL VALUE: CURRENT OWNER: Tamika Potter & Clark Kristmanson Digitial Recording: 2012 Robin Young ­ Recorder Heritage Cramahe Committee The house at 57 King Street East in Colborne ON is called Seaton House after Sir John Colborne, who was the first Earl of Seaton, appointed the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada in 1828. The house is Italianate in style. The post and beam construction with returning eaves on the coach house is an example of the Federal American influence, popular at the time. The original story and a half house was utilitarian in quality, constructed entirely of wood with 9" x 9" hand hewn beams. The main floor was a kitchen and living space of 18` x 22` with a sleeping area above. The foundation is constructed of coarse rubble approximately 26" thick, and there is no evidence of a basement in the original footprint. The story and a half coach house is constructed entirely of wood, supported by 9'x9` hand hewn beams and it measures 20' x 35'. The exterior is covered by 1" x 4" vertical tongue and groove pine boards. Italianate architecture (mid 1800s to 1890) is reminiscent of the architecture of the Tuscan country villas. The style evolved from the picturesque Regency's earlier interest in Tuscan architecture and a desire to continue the classical style. The modest smaller houses of earlier settlers were replaced by large, highly decorated houses to coincide with society's growing affluence.