Leaskdale Manse, Presbyterian clergy house in Uxbridge, Canada.
Leaskdale Manse is a two-story clergy house made of yellow brick, standing beside St. Paul's Church in the rural Ontario hamlet of Leaskdale. The building has a T-shaped floor plan, a cross-gabled roof, and a wooden porch typical of late 19th-century parsonages in this region.
The house was built in 1886 as a residence for the local Presbyterian minister and served as a parsonage for nearly a century. In 1997, it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in recognition of its place in Canadian literary and community history.
Lucy Maud Montgomery lived here from 1911 to 1926 and wrote several of her novels in these rooms, including books from the Anne series. Visitors can still see her writing desk and personal belongings, giving a sense of how she balanced her daily life as a minister's wife with her literary work.
The manse sits on Concession Road 7 in Leaskdale and is easy to spot from the road, next to the church. Parks Canada manages the site and keeps the interior furnished as it was during the period when the house was occupied.
Excavations on the property uncovered remains of a carriage house, a well, and sections of fencing that show what the grounds looked like when Montgomery lived there. Pollen samples taken from the soil have also helped researchers identify which plants grew around the house during that time.
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