This place is simply stunning. It sits a top a hill overlooking the Ocean between Vancouver Island and Mainland British Columbia in a beautiful picturesque neighborhood in Victoria. In the background you can see the peaks of the Canadian Rockies. The grounds and garden of this house are magnificent and well groomed. It is one of the most beautiful keep government houses in North America. Government House of British Columbia is the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, as well as that in Victoria of the Canadian monarch, and has casually been described as "the Ceremonial Home of all British Columbians." It stands in the provincial capital on a 8.9 ha (22 acre) estate at 1401 Rockland Avenue; while the equivalent building in many countries has a prominent, central place in the capital, the site of British Columbia's Government House is relatively unobtrusive within Victoria, giving it more the character of a private home. The present Government House is a T-shaped, four level (including the basement) building of steel frame construction clad in a Modern Tudor revival envelope. The walls are of rusticated blue, grey, and pink British Columbia granite with Haddington Island stone trim,] and the roof, which is two storeys high in itself, has steeply pitched, chalet-style gables and numerous dormer windows. A rendition of the Royal Arms of British Columbia is visible in the gable above the Ballroom's south facing bow window, which commands a view ...
Friday, July 20, 2012
Stunning Government (Queen's) House of British Columbia & Picturesque Gardens
Stunning Government (Queen's) House of British Columbia & Picturesque Gardens Video Clips. Duration : 4.90 Mins.
This place is simply stunning. It sits a top a hill overlooking the Ocean between Vancouver Island and Mainland British Columbia in a beautiful picturesque neighborhood in Victoria. In the background you can see the peaks of the Canadian Rockies. The grounds and garden of this house are magnificent and well groomed. It is one of the most beautiful keep government houses in North America. Government House of British Columbia is the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, as well as that in Victoria of the Canadian monarch, and has casually been described as "the Ceremonial Home of all British Columbians." It stands in the provincial capital on a 8.9 ha (22 acre) estate at 1401 Rockland Avenue; while the equivalent building in many countries has a prominent, central place in the capital, the site of British Columbia's Government House is relatively unobtrusive within Victoria, giving it more the character of a private home. The present Government House is a T-shaped, four level (including the basement) building of steel frame construction clad in a Modern Tudor revival envelope. The walls are of rusticated blue, grey, and pink British Columbia granite with Haddington Island stone trim,] and the roof, which is two storeys high in itself, has steeply pitched, chalet-style gables and numerous dormer windows. A rendition of the Royal Arms of British Columbia is visible in the gable above the Ballroom's south facing bow window, which commands a view ...
This place is simply stunning. It sits a top a hill overlooking the Ocean between Vancouver Island and Mainland British Columbia in a beautiful picturesque neighborhood in Victoria. In the background you can see the peaks of the Canadian Rockies. The grounds and garden of this house are magnificent and well groomed. It is one of the most beautiful keep government houses in North America. Government House of British Columbia is the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, as well as that in Victoria of the Canadian monarch, and has casually been described as "the Ceremonial Home of all British Columbians." It stands in the provincial capital on a 8.9 ha (22 acre) estate at 1401 Rockland Avenue; while the equivalent building in many countries has a prominent, central place in the capital, the site of British Columbia's Government House is relatively unobtrusive within Victoria, giving it more the character of a private home. The present Government House is a T-shaped, four level (including the basement) building of steel frame construction clad in a Modern Tudor revival envelope. The walls are of rusticated blue, grey, and pink British Columbia granite with Haddington Island stone trim,] and the roof, which is two storeys high in itself, has steeply pitched, chalet-style gables and numerous dormer windows. A rendition of the Royal Arms of British Columbia is visible in the gable above the Ballroom's south facing bow window, which commands a view ...
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