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in Lincolnshire. Ardwold had 50 rooms, 14 bathrooms, and its own hospital. Situated on eleven acres (45,000 m) of landscaped grounds, which included a half-acre (2,000 m) glassed area housing a conservatory and swimming pool, Ardwold was one of the largest and most luxurious residences in Toronto and
106:, Ontario. After an auction of much of its contents, Ardwold was blown up (the walls were too thick to use ordinary demolition methods). The property was divided into an exclusive housing development named Ardwold Gate. Only the gate lodge on Spadina Road near Austin Terrace remains. 55:, and in 1909 he commissioned a home to be built on "The Hill", a name used to describe the neighbourhood on the Davenport Hill in Toronto where many wealthy families built their homes. 531: 541: 98:
Sir John Craig Eaton died in 1922, and his widow Lady Eaton kept the home until 1936, when she sold the land. Eaton moved to the enormous chateau named
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of Wickson and Gregg Architectural firm. It was in the Georgian style, and influenced by English and Irish country homes, namely
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and the largest private house ever constructed in Canada, was near Ardwold, as were
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Ardwold is a Gaelic term meaning "high, green hill". The enormous
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Sir John Craig Eaton
Lady Eaton
Toronto
Ontario
Timothy Eaton
Eaton's
Canada
Casa Loma
Henry Pellatt
Spadina House
James Austin
Glenedyth
Samuel Nordheimer
mansion
Frank Wickson
Belton House
Eaton Hall
King City
"The Empire That Timothy Built"
"Lady Eaton to sell Ardwold"
ISBN
1-55046-219-9
Ardwold and Ravenswood
Ardwold
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Eaton's
Eaton family

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