Duart Hall

GENERAL

Alternate Titles

Belleview Hotel Annex

Type / Purpose

Private Residence

Location

19 Station Road, Rothesay, New Brunswick

Description

Duart Hall is a massive two-storey Italianate residence at 19 Station Road, Rothesay. Formerly acting as a carriage house for the neighboring Belleview Hotel, it was later converted into a secondary hotel and later again into a private residence.

Heritage Value

Duart Hall is a large and picturesque Italianate building in Rothesay. Its large massing features a hipped roof with a central cross-gable and a wide columned veranda. The building's most notable feature is its large square cupola with arched windows through which the Kennebecasis River can be clearly seen. Supposedly, this structure was originally used as an air vent.

The Duart Hall's history is linked with that of the adjacent Belleview Hotel. Originally, Duart Hall was used as a carriage house for the hotel's guests. In around 1900, it was modified to serve as a second hotel. A number of carvings and signatures made by former residents around this time can be found in the building. Among those signatures is that of Lieutenant Governor the Honorable William Pugsley, who in 1915 purchased both this building and the Belleview Hotel, which he turned into his own private residences. Following Pugsley's death in 1925, the residence was acquired by the Maclean family clan from Scotland. They gave the building its current name, with the word "Duart" coming from Duart Castle in the isle of Mull in Scotland, which was the ancestral home of the Clan Maclean.

Heritage Recognition

Community Planning Act Local Register (2006/10/10)

ARCHITECTURE

Character Defining Elements

- Two-storey asymmetrical massing with a symmetrical front façade
- Wood cladding
- Hipped roof
- Central cross-gable with circular window
- Large square cupola with curved windows and a hipped roof with brackets
- Central front veranda with columns
- Trimmed rectangular windows
- Carvings and signatures left from previous residents, including one from Lieutenant Governor William Pugsley

OWNERSHIP HISTORY

Notable Historic Occupants

Lieutenant Governor William Pugsley (???? - 1925):
He acquired the building in 1915, converting it from a hotel into his private residence. He lived here until his death in 1925.

MacLean family:
Acquired the building following the Hon. William Pugsley's death. They named it after their ancestral home, Duart Castle of the Isle of Mull in Scotland.

SOURCES AND DOCUMENTS

Links/Related Content Photos

Photograph by the Rothesay Living Museum, taken from the Canada's Historic Places website

Sources Contributors

Gabrielle Byrne

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