Home of the Week: Oakville landmark restored to original splendour

43 DUNN ST., OAKVILLE, ONT.

ASKING PRICE: $5.5-million

TAXES: $21,579 (2013)

LOT SIZE: 104 by 135 feet

AGENT: Alex Irish (Re/Max Aboutowne Realty Corp.)

The back story

The Victorian mansion at 43 Dunn St. was built for Cecil Marlatt in 1880. Mr. Marlatt was the owner of the Marlatt and Armstrong Tannery and a well-known supporter of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club.

The original property stretched to the edge of Lake Ontario to the south, with an orchard of fruit trees in front of the house. A greenhouse, playhouse, stables and two fish ponds also occupied the surrounding land. Afternoon tea was served in a summer house that overlooked a cricket pitch and a lawn tennis court, according to real estate agent Alex Irish of ReMax Aboutowne Realty Corp.

Over time, more houses were built on the streets of Olde Oakville. The house at 43 Dunn is about one block from the water and two blocks from the centre of downtown shopping in Oakville.

The current owners, Clive and Hilary Maile, lived on the waterfront in the late 1990s when they went for a walk through the undulating streets of Olde Oakville and saw a for sale sign in front of No. 43.

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Home of the Week: Oakville landmark restored to original splendour