Home of the Week: This $4.3 Million Quebec Home Literally Bridges the Historic and the Modern
There are modern homes and there are historic homes, but it’s not so often you see both in the same house, which is why this lakefront residence along the shores of Lac-St-Louis in Quebec, Canada’s Dorval area, is so unique. The eye-catching property, situated less than an hour outside Montreal, is currently listed for $4.27 million (or CAD $5.85 million).
Directly overlooking the picturesque lake, the original home, a quaint stone cottage, was built in 1846 and once belonged to the Hudson’s Bay Company. Asked to design a substantial extension to accommodate a multi-generational family, Montreal architect Henri Cleinge conceptualized a steel-faced volume that is attached to the heritage home by nothing more than a glass-enclosed bridge on the second floor. The stark juxtaposition in the architecture was intended to invoke a sense of passing time and here, residents don’t have to choose between the charm of a historic property or the crisp linearity of a contemporary home—they can have both.
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The 5,500-square-foot mashup, which includes the 2,700-square-foot contemporary addition, has a total of seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms. The home’s primary living and entertaining spaces are located in the modern addition and feature polished concrete floors and wood-planked ceilings that soar to 20 feet high over the living area of the lake-view great room. Just off the living area is a gourmet kitchen with an oversized, eat-in central island and a dining area.
Adding to the home’s unconventionality, the open-plan primary suite is lofted above the great room, with both the bedroom area and the bathroom open to and overlooking the living area. A wall of curtains provides a modicum of privacy when required. The suite’s various spaces flow easily into one another and also include a huge walk-in closet. Meanwhile, a partially subterranean lower level includes a movie theater, a gym set behind floor-to-ceiling glass panels, and a three-car garage with EV charging stations. The driveway will park another 12 or 14 cars.
Across the glassed-in bridge, in the original home, character and charm abound even though the interiors have been given a thoroughly modern makeover. Nearly every room showcases the home’s original stonework and woodwork that connects you to the home’s past. Included in this wing are a spacious living and dining area with a fireplace set into a stone wall, a full kitchen, and a handful of bedrooms. Like the kitchen, all the bathrooms have been modernly renovated. The old home’s finished basement includes a bedroom suite, a lounge, and a storage room decked out as a walk-in closet.
Outside, there’s ample lawn space that rolls down to the bulkheaded shoreline, a lake-facing pool surrounded by decking, and landscaped gardens with perennials and mature trees. There’s also an outdoor kitchen and a private dock along 122 feet of lake frontage.
The one-of-kind home, in the upscale Dorval area, is listed by Geoffroy Barrette, with The Agency and Christina Miller and Marie-Noëlle Nadeau of Profusion Immobilier/Forbes Global Properties.
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