Behind the Dentist's Office

 

This house is stucco like the last one I did on Cook.  So I textured it as well.  

Dr. Bridge's office is in the front part of the house at the corner of Cook and May.

At Madrona Gallery

Stucco on Cook

 

You can't tell from the photo but

I used lots of texture on this one to simulate the stucco

and the bricks of the chimney.

Then I used an absorbent ground medium and 

painted the blue like a watercolour, allowing 

the paint to mix and flow at will.

This Old House says...."1935 British Arts & Crafts cottage; 

prominent battered chimney with niche".

Front Porch on Faithful

 

This huge old house on Faithful is one of my favourites.  

I pass by when I walk to Mom and Dad's place.  

It is one of the only houses of this size in the Cook St Village 

area to remain as a single family home

The Beagle

The Beagle is the pub in Cook St Village.  

Popular with the locals, particularly on hockey nights.

Sunset on Pendergast

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Rainbird Reflections

 

A new shop in Cook St Village that wisely sells rain gear in the winter 

and beach wear in the summer.  

Cook St is lined with enormous horse chestnut trees.  One of which is reflected in the window.

The Windowsill

 

sold

The Gargoyle of Moss St.

Daffodil House

 

I'm not sure of my architecture, but I believe this is Queen Anne style and it stands at the corner of Vancouver and Rockland.

UPDATE April 27....I found the house in the publication "This Old House, Vol 4" by the Victoria Heritage Foundation.  They devoted over a page to it, with pictures and a detailed history of its occupants.  As I suspected its architect was John Teague, the same man who designed the four remaining, similar houses on Vancouver St.  Here is a bit of what they say..."One of the most imposing versions of the Italianate townhouse in the city,...This house cost $6000 when built, making it one of the most lavish homes of the period."  Built 1875

Do Not Use Stairs

 

This is the first in a series I am doing on Cook St Village houses.  Some of which will be in Madrona Gallery in downtown Victoria for the summer show.  This little house is on Vancouver St and the stairs haven't been useable since we have been living in the neighbourhood.  Four years.  The yard is completely overgrown, but the Camellia is beautiful.  Built in 1924.