ABSTRACT
Chief Justice Sir James Monk, Monkville in
Montreal, and some Related Neo-Palladian Revival Architecture in Early Lower Canada and
Nova Scotia
Wendela F. Stier
1990
This thesis describes the villa of Chief Justice, Sir
James Monk, which was built in 1803, and which still stands as an integral part of the
Villa Maria complex in Montreal.
The time-frame 1750 to 1820 has been selected, and within
this period the two decades from 1790 to 1810 have been given particular attention.
The study examines Monk's family connexions, and the
ideological and architectural context of his mansion-houses in Lower Canada and Nova
Scotia. The provenance, authorship and design of some early British architecture in these
colonial regions are examined further. The final section is devoted to the philosophy
behind Monk's villa, its plan, elevation and interior, and identifies probable sources of
inspiration.
Overall, this is a first general assessment of major
architectural monuments raised in Quebec City and Montreal by the administration of the
period, and of the importance and intrinsic meaning of the Palladian villa as model and
type.
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