190 Coltrin Road
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High Commissioner
High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...
of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
in Ottawa
Ottawa
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, Canada
Canada
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. It is located in the enclave of Rockcliffe Park amongst other prestigious ambassadorial residences. It was constructed in 1929 and is considered an important historical site, according to the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee of Rockcliffe Park, under the Ontario Heritage Act
Ontario Heritage Act
The Ontario Heritage Act, first enacted on March 5, 1975, allows municipalities and the provincial government to designate individual properties and districts in the Province of Ontario, Canada, as being of cultural heritage value or interest....
(1974).
History
190 Coltrin Road was designed by Clarence Burritt in 1929 for the son and daughter of G. H. Millen, former president of the E. B. Eddy Company. The house was briefly owned by W. Garfield WestonW. Garfield Weston
Willard Garfield Weston, OC, , Canadian businessman and philanthropist, led George Weston Limited and its various subsidiaries and associated companies, including Associated British Foods, for half a century and established one of the world's largest food processing and distribution concerns...
of the Weston Bakeries empire. It was gifted by King George
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
to the government of Pakistan in 1948. Since then, it has served for more than five decades now as the residence of the High Commissioner
High Commissioner
High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...
of Pakistan to Canada.
Architecture
190 Coltrin Road was made with the intention of incorporating several architectural styles, including:- The Georgian Revival, as depicted in the Ionic columns at the entrance and dentils on the cornice.
- The Gothic Revival, in the details of its dormer windows
- Colonial New EnglandNew EnglandNew England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
, in the red brick facade and symmetric white picket fence.
Ambassadorial Residence
This residence has historically seated almost all Pakistani High Commissioners:- Shahid Malik
- Musa Javed ChohanMusa Javed ChohanMusa Javed Chohan is the former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Canada, as well as the former ambassador of Pakistan to France and Pakistan's permanent representative to UNESCO from 2001 to 2003. He has previously served as High Commissioner of Pakistan to Malaysia...
- Naela ChohanNaela ChohanNaela Chohan is a Pakistani diplomat and feminist artist. She has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Pakistan Film Censor Board, and of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Employment Corporation of Pakistan, and Inter State Gas System...