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Woodchester Villa

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Woodchester Villa, also known as the Bird House or the Bird Cage, is an octagonal house overlooking the Muskoka River in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada, built in 1882 as the home of the woollen manufacturer Henry J. Bird. Its walls are unusually thick poured concrete, ranging from four and a half to five metres wide. The house opened as a local history museum in 1980, closed in 2009 after storm damage, and reopened as an event venue in June 2018 following restoration begun in 2012. It is protected by an Ontario Heritage Trust conservation easement and a municipal heritage designation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Bracebridge, Canada 2
Completed Year
1882 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
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House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Octagon House Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Woodchester Villa (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Concrete, Elements and Materials
Source Woodchester Villa (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, located there.
Sources
1. Woodchester Villa (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodchester_Villa, lead definition
    Woodchester Villa, also known as The Bird House or "The Bird Cage", is a historic octagon house located at 15 King Street overlooking the Muskoka River in Bracebridge, Ontario.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Woodchester Villa, also known as the Bird House or the Bird Cage, is an octagonal house overlooking the Muskoka River in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada, built in 1882 as the home of the woollen manufacturer Henry J. Bird. Its walls are unusually thick poured concrete, ranging from four and a half to five metres wide. The house opened as a local history museum in 1980, closed in 2009 after storm damage, and reopened as an event venue in June 2018 following restoration begun in 2012. It is protected by an Ontario Heritage Trust conservation easement and a municipal heritage designation.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1882)
    completion_date/completed = 1882
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (House)
    Woodchester Villa, also known as The Bird House or "The Bird Cage", is a historic octagon house located at 15 King Street overlooking the Muskoka River in Bracebridge, Ontario. It was built in 1882 and was the home of woolen manufacturer Henry J. Bird. Its walls alternate between 4.5 metres and 5 metres in width and are made of 16 inch-thick poured concrete. In 1977 the Bracebridge Rotary Club to
  • In Style: Octagon House Architecture, Wikipedia infobox
    architectural_style: Octagon Mode
  • Uses Element: Concrete, Wikipedia lead
    Its walls alternate between 4.5 metres and 5 metres in width and are made of 16 inch-thick poured concrete.
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2. Woodchester Villa (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Bracebridge, Canada
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Bracebridge, Canada
Wikidata item Q3884667, property P131/P17 (location): Bracebridge, Canada
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