Camden Terrace

Sometimes an illustration gets in a pile of artwork and gets overlooked for awhile. This one "Camden Terrace (Front Elevation) was overlooked for a few years! Cleaning up studio and came across it this weekend. Illustration is from 2016 and in November of that year, the building was demolished. The building was located at 479-489 Talbot Street, and was built 1876-77.Second image is based on the architecture of Camden Terrace, in the window, it says "save me - you did not". The history of the architecture and the city is worth saving. Once it is gone, its gone forever.

This is (was) an example of "Terrace Housing". A 19th-century term for row housing, terrace housing refers to identical or mirror-image houses sharing side walls. Such terraces were a traditional British form of domestic architecture generally only found in the larger urban areas of Ontario. London has several examples.  (Source: Jennifer grainger.blogspot.com)

​Some notes from Architectural Conservancy Ontario, London Branch about its unique design:

• The windows on Camden Terrace are unique because the headers at the top of the windows curve, then level off at the corners. Over the bay windows, they all connect.
• The buildings of Camden Terrace are in the Classical tradition, with some Italianate touches such as the substantial brackets at the ends of each double unit. 
• Notice the intricate brick detailing under the edge of the roof, featuring a rare “brick drop” design.
• The terrace is divided into groups of two, each of which has good Classical proportions. 
• The whole is well-balanced, forming a harmonious design.

Camden Terrace (Front Elevation), Ink and watercolour, 4" x 7" ©2016

Camden Terrace, India Ink and watercolour, 6" x 6" ©2017 (SOLD)