Stittsville heritage barn should stay put, say planners

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A developer should not be permitted to dismantle and move a heritage Stittsville barn, says a report from Ottawa’s planning department.

Richcraft had applied to dismantle the barn on the Bradley-Craig farm at 590 Hazeldean Rd. and move it to the Saunders Farm theme park about 20 kilometres away in Munster.

The barn, part of the pioneering Bradley family’s dairy operation, had been on the site since the 1870s. The farm remained in the family until it was sold to Richcraft in 2006. A heritage designation for the red timber-framed barn and the brick Gothic revival farmhouse was part of granting redevelopment zoning for the surrounding land in 2010.

The farmhouse will remain at the site. But in its application to move the barn, Richcraft said it wanted to develop the land for box stores and leaving the barn at the site was no longer feasible because the “surrounding context” had changed.

City staff responded that barn is “an excellent and rare example of a 19th century dairy barn” and keeping it in its location forms part of the “context” of its heritage value.

The city allows heritage buildings to be moved if there is no other option, but “there is no evidence that the applicant seriously considered other options,” said the city’s report. “Moving the barn to a farm-inspired tourist attraction will neither improve its heritage value, nor allow its history within the context of Goulbourn Township to be fully understood.”

In its submission, Heritage Ottawa said it was inappropriate to move the barn to a “heritage zoo.” The group devoted to preserving heritage architecture noted that heritage designation was part of granting the zoning for redevelopment in 2010.

“A requirement to preserve some of the heritage and history of the area that is undergoing such substantial new development was far from unreasonable.”


The Bradley property, circa 1890. The Gothic revival farmhouse will remain on the site.


Stittsville Coun. Shad Qadri supports relocating the barn. Moving it is the best way to preserve it, he said in a statement.


“As it stands today, the barn appears to be falling apart and under the current city bylaws regarding heritage buildings, it does not requirement any improvements to the building to assist with the condition of the structure. I feel at Saunders Farm the barn would be well maintained and I hope would permit the public to enter the barn, which would allow for the sharing of its history for many generations to come.”

The issue will be before the city’s built heritage subcommittee Nov. 9.

jlaucius@ottawacitizen.com



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