HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 8275/26The Corporation of the City of Pickering
By-law No. 8275/26
Being a by-law designate the lands legally described as that
Plan 65 Block D Lot 6 (the “Mansfield House”) and municipally
known as 681 Pleasant Street, Pickering, as being cultural heritage value or interest.
Whereas the Ontario Heritage Act authorizes the Council of a municipality to enact a by-law to designate real property, including all buildings and structures thereon, to be of cultural heritage
value or interest; and
Whereas on June, 22, 2026, Council endorsed the recommendations of its Heritage Advisory Committee to designate 681 Pleasant Street as being of cultural heritage value or interest; and
Whereas the Reasons for Designation are set out in Schedule “A” to this by-law; and
Whereas the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering has caused to be served on
the owners of 681 Pleasant Street and upon the Ontario Heritage Trust, Notice of Intention to
designate the property and has caused the Notice of Intention to be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality as requested by the Ontario Heritage Act; and
Now therefore, the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering enacts as follows:
1.The Mansfield House, known municipally as 681 Pleasant Street, is designated as being
of cultural heritage value or interest for reasons set out in Schedule “A” attached hereto.
2.The City Solicitor is hereby authorized to cause a copy of this by-law to be registered ontitle to 681 Pleasant Street (the Mansfield House).
3.The City Clerk is authorized to cause a copy of this by-law to be served upon the ownersof 681 Pleasant Street (the Mansfield House) and the Ontario Heritage Trust and to
publish notice of this by-law in a newspaper having general circulation in the City of
Pickering as required by the Ontario Heritage Act.
By-law passed on this 22nd of June, 2026.
Original Signed By ____________________________ Kevin Ashe, Mayor
Original Signed By ____________________________
Susan Cassel, City Clerk
Schedule “A” By-law No. 8275/26
Reasons for Designation
Description of Property
The Mansfield House, located at 681 Pleasant Street, is located on Plan 65, Block D, Lot 6 in
the historic hamlet of Fairport, now part of the City of Pickering in the Region of Durham. The property is on the east side of Pleasant Street between Commerce Street to the north and Annland Street to the south. The property is approximately 0.1 hectares (0.25 acres) in size and contains a c.1872 one-and-a-half-storey red-brick dwelling constructed in the vernacular
Gothic Revival style, and includes the surrounding residential lot, rear yard, and associated
landscape.
Reason for Designation
681 Pleasant Street is of cultural heritage value or interest as a well-preserved example of a nineteenth-century Gothic Revival farmhouse, significant for its architectural design, direct
associations with prominent historical figures in Fairport’s development, and integral role in
defining the character of the village core.
The property exhibits the design/physical value required by Ontario Regulation 9/06. Its red-brick construction, T-shaped plan, steeply pitched gable with a pointed-arch window, segmental-arched openings, and original massing and proportions illustrate craftsmanship,
stylistic expression, and architectural integrity.
The property also has historical/associative value by virtue of its connections with Thomas Mansfield Sr., a key merchant and community leader in Fairport, and its long-term relationship with the nearby Mansfield General Store. The house embodies the nineteenth-century pattern of merchant-residence integration in small lakeport villages.
Description of Heritage Attributes
Key exterior elements that contribute to the property’s cultural heritage value include the following:
Exterior Design/Physical Attributes:
•Original form, scale, and massing;
•Red brick construction with buff brick detailing;
•Steeply pitched front gable with pointed-arch window;
•Segmental-arched window openings with decorative voussoirs;
•Tall, narrow windows and symmetrical front façade; and
•Bracketed eaves;
•Orientation of the house towards Pleasant Street with a shallow setback consistent with thehistoric village grid; and
•The property’s visual and historical relationship with the Mansfield General Store at
1291 Commerce Street.
Historical/Associative Attributes:
•Association with Thomas Mansfield Sr., a prominent early local merchant in Fairport; and
•Historical associations between Thomas Mansfield Sr., his place of residence at 681Pleasant Street and his place of work nearby at 1291 Commercial Street.
Contextual Attributes:
•Proximity and visual relationship to 1291 Commercial Street;
•Location within the historic core of Fairport;
•Contribution to the streetscape and understanding of village life in the late 1800s.