ABOUT THIS HOME
A Beautiful Registered Heritage Home in Armstrong – The Glover House, Built in 1883 is a stunning property that marries vintage character with modern comforts. Surrounded by gardens, fruit and nut trees, this fully fenced and hedged property offers exceptional privacy for relaxing or entertaining, with two covered porches. Inside, original fir floors, antique light fixtures, leaded glass windows, radiant cast iron heaters and restored wood paneling speak to the home’s rich history. The living room fireplace has an electric insert but can potentially be converted back to wood. Upstairs you'll find three bedrooms with 15-pane doors, built-in bookcase, and abundant natural light. A fourth room off the kitchen serves as an additional bedroom or office. Two full bathrooms, with the upstairs bath features a clawfoot tub. The central kitchen blends old and new with modern cabinetry, a porcelain farmhouse sink, gas stove, and a functional wood-burning stove. Enjoy outdoors with an 8person hot tub under a gazebo and alongside you will find a sheltered fire pit area. A detached studio beneath a grand Norwegian Maple offers extra space for guests. The carriage house provides covered parking, an upper-level storage loft, and an attached workshop. A separate greenhouse awaits garden enthusiasts. Updated electrical, plumbing, and a WETT-certified wood stove, the Glover House has systems in working order, a rare opportunity to own a beautifully preserved piece of Armstrong’s history.
FEATURES
Road Frontage/Type: City Street
Construction: Frame - Wood Foundation: Block Stone
Roof: Asphalt/Fibreglass Shingles
Patio/Porch Feature: Covered
Exterior Construction: Wood
Other Struct: Workshop
Exterior
2 Carport
Carport - Detached
12x15x8 Garage Dimension
Water Source: Municipal
Heating: Hot Water
Natural Gas
Wood Burning Stove
Sewer: Public Sewer
Utilities:
Cable Available
Electricity Available
Natural Gas Available
Phone Available
Sewer Available
Water Available
Tax: $3,693.04 (Yr. 2024)
In the yard behind the greenhouse, against the shop, you will find two types of seedless eating grapes — dark purple and red.
At the end of the greenhouse, there is an oak tree; a second oak tree is located in the driveway.
In the southeast corner of the property, there is a grove of hazelnut trees. To the right of the cement walkway stands another hazelnut tree, a cotoneaster shrub, a blue spruce tree, and some honeysuckle shrubs. In this bed, there are also poppies and tulips in spring.
At the front of the house and on the southeast side are a mock orange shrub, climbing clematis, juniper bush, and a very old honeysuckle that has grown into a tree. Parallel to Wood Avenue, there are raspberry bushes, red osier dogwood, a cedar tree, a honeysuckle bush, and behind the cabin, you’ll find a Saskatoon berry bush, hawthorn bush, wild riverbank grapevine, strawberry patch, gooseberry bush, marjoram herb, and a hydrangea.
On the south side of the house, along the porch, there are Japanese anemones, lilies, purple allium, honeysuckle vines, climbing hydrangea, climbing roses, and a hops bush growing up the side of the workshop.
Alongside the walkway, the central bed contains crane ’s-bill, yellow solidago (goldenrod), wild sweet pea, and bracken fern.
Under and around the Norwegian maple, there are wild roses, purple globe allium, small native brush, lilies, tulips, daffodils, purple and white lilac, yellow forsythia, purple vinca (periwinkle), lovage herb, and cotoneaster.
On the back west side of the house, there are raspberries, blueberries, and an acer maple shrub. Behind the campfire area are a currant bush with fragrant yellow flowers in summer, horseradish, Pacific willow, pear tree, apple tree, mint, and sweet cicely growing on the ground. A plum tree grows in a small brick circle with hollyhocks. The three fruit trees are all multigrafted. Fiddlehead ferns and tulips grow in the bed beside the grape arbor, which holds red and green eating grapes.
On the north side of the house, there are lemon balm, mint, and ferns.
