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Cramahe Heritage Designated Building - Fannin Property, p. 1

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FANNIN PROPERTY (1850) 221 ORCHARD ROAD, COLBORNE CRAMAHE TOWNSHIP ONTARIO PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION: ADDRESS: Fannin Home - 221 Orchard Road, Colborne, ON K0K 1S0 CONCESSION/LOT: Concession 2, North parts of Lots 33 and 34 BUILT: BUILDER: ARCHITECT: 1850 Unknown Unknown ORIGINAL OWNER: unknown CURRENT OWNER: unknown Recording completed: 2012 Robin Young ­ Recorder Heritage Cramahe Committee DESIGN OR PHYSICAL VALUE: (written in 1992) The Fannin house is a three bay, 1 1/2 story house built in the Gothic Revival cottage style with a centre gable. This house is estimated to have been built in approximately 1850s. It was originally built with a brick veneer exterior and a wrap around porch, however the porch and most of the brick are now missing. The house is notable for its front entrance consisting of the original door with three long panels over three. There is a three pane sidelight on each side and a four pane overhead transom. The two sidelights retain their original storm windows. The house also has its original six over six sash and interior moulded window trim. One of the best features of the house is its upstairs centre hall dormer with fan light window over two swing-in multi-pane windows. Features to be designated: . The front and exterior walls; . The original red brick exterior veneer, all of which is missing except on one gable end; . The side and back exterior walls of board and batten on the rear addition, some of which remains in place; . The roof on the main house and rear addition; . The wrap-around porch, which is now missing, but for which there is physical evidence of its existence to allow for future replacement;

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