Stornoway (residence)
| Stornoway | |
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Stornoway
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| Address | 541 Acacia Avenue |
| Town or city |
Rockcliffe Park Ottawa |
| Country | Canada |
| Coordinates | 45°27′10″N 75°40′43″W / 45.45278°N 75.67861°WCoordinates: 45°27′10″N 75°40′43″W / 45.45278°N 75.67861°W |
| Current tenants | Rona Ambrose, Leader of the Opposition |
| Construction started | 1913 |
| Completed | 1914 |
| Owner | The Queen in Right of Canada |
| Landlord | National Capital Commission |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Alan Keefer |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 34 |
Stornoway is the name of the official residence of the Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in Canada, and has been used as such since 1950. It is provided in recognition of the opposition leader's position. Located at 541 Acacia Avenue in the Rockcliffe Park area of Ottawa, Stornoway has assessed value $4,225,000 (2008) (based on this value, which is only approximation of market value, the municipal property taxes are calculated) and is maintained with $70,000 a year in government funds. The property has been owned and managed by the National Capital Commission since April 1986. The lot size, with a frontage of 228 feet (69 m) and depth of 225 feet (69 m), is slightly irregular.
The property is some distance from Ottawa's Parliament Buildings, about 1.5 km farther than the Prime Minister's official residence. It is located in an area which contains many ambassadorial residences.
Present, future and previous residents of the house include:
The house was built by architect Allan Keefer in 1914 for Ottawa grocer Ascanio J. Major and was given the name “Stornoway” by the second occupants, the Perley-Robertsons, after the ancestral home of the Perley family in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland.
During the Second World War, from summer 1941 to 1945, Mrs. Perley-Robertson offered Stornoway to (then) Princess Juliana of the Netherlands as a temporary home-in-exile for the Dutch Royal Family, including the future Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
Stornoway has served its present role as the Official Opposition Leader's residence since 1950, when it was purchased by a group of concerned citizens and later transferred to the Government of Canada.
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