Sandyford Place
Built about 1856, at a time of rapid growth in Hamilton, Sandyford Place is a fine example of the housing then being erected for the merchants of the period. It is a rare survivor in Canada of the few row houses built for affluent citizens in the mid-nineteenth century. The exterior design of pleasing proportions features a pavilion plan that helps to break the uniformity of such a long façade. The competent handling of the stonework, ranging from the pick-faced dressing of the front wall to the Renaissance details of the window and door heads, suggests the work of Scottish masons in Ontario.
Plaque via Alan L. Brown's site Ontario Plaques. Full page here.