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Oimaomait en ( fillage of Grafton has been the â€" Mifodife â€"_< it = _‘j xA ‘:\H s T l uc fi:‘;.- id prnsnth® on ’, : ultimate beneficiary. o .. . > o is ! fear H ez ez o f | 5‘ t ad hn *>For their complete transformaâ€" hoh _ G «5 ‘T, M > l â€"fff s {if A | (ce : teetifens milil in cnteit ¢ tion of five heritage buildings in 4 it . | /; T fi{f c ] cee | 3 l o es ol “1] x | | F"f" el . . .. wl R _ the village, they were named the Wl _ k‘,i E!‘ 3 M o o onramag pees,___ {{8 â€"| | af ‘drf}-“ ggi."";%â€"‘ U 2012 Alnwickâ€"Haldimand Town.â€" se o0 hEA â€" p mod “#! *.fi -fle‘«‘i EiDi â€" ‘ ship citizens of the year. But all / P\ S \j'-_?ia“ f W | mt '“‘é 44â€" â€" they did came as a result of purâ€" & :.’& R“ dsomy‘ |. eP * a" oobiee . t â€" guing their own passions. ' & f L nsl Nes | 06 5 E/ ost :s ffi‘ P * ..\ That list would be quite long, : : i â€" O3t 1;;;‘:; hh: F ul | bmlk‘)ably topped by such ideals t af i | m o / | \ _ as heritage, landscaping, archiâ€" . PW iA _l | \, J ce ROSP tecture and interior design. It‘s > +o. 4 m ® D flf?_‘:f' yâ€"@llr _ / | all on display at the big showâ€" . [MMMMAMESL 1 oi } | B MA : h e a * e uo o% \ \ â€" place of the five buildings, the hk ns tm ty h 3 ‘ i g t PC . k o m i ‘| Eif%.hon\fiflage Inn. Fasital . apa p A* § 6i | <_|. oAtlthough Dalglish worked in â€" (Pimaessten e l $ +A | | i‘prpmo.theyhadafannnunhof se s rctredsimielonssnienmmind b id m ‘(_' ~e . | | %ton for morle than 40 years. i__\; \f_w‘ j?'v;}]_â€"irm M 22 96 4> .M‘va_ % AHOS | ‘ ’ * oA "T | | Cw 4 ey were well aware of the uesc Pn o t e ei n e Te B mmeen ons oi \ w .4 e â€" | 8 . puceâ€"grand stagecoach stop | h4 ““”m@%iflfifig ~ esaneuen neepae es Hitemremeecae | | l D Af f % | L | . \ _ known as John Grover‘s Tavern \__ > 210 ie se en T "" on ie ce o j T &;’ \ f â€" | gn County Roa? 2 'h;t had E T Fer PETE FISHER Northumberland Today W l | ecome an apartment house, 5 p Revenpenne . . \_then a gift shgp and tea room, _ Locatedright on County Road 2 in Grafton, the Grafton Village Inn wg1cumes you. Your hosts are Peter and \_then just closed. Camilla Dalglish. $ L _ ie ] _"When we bought the buildâ€" dectine obeainreagihed destined to be its future sald PETE FISHER Northumberland Today ing i i wnal. â€" side of the inn‘s parking lot. °8 $ ol 208 i j i 31% }:;\:lzs in terrible shape," Dal s eanse Pumpskiliq Houfe mt Dalglish took a frien d, Toronto _ Camilla Dalglish is quick to g?anf,tt:r!{ \?i?l: J:I;:nHudson enjoy breakfast in the country at the { © His thought was to restore it the colour of its exterior finish, it â€" landscape architect Bill Green to . give het husband credit, ‘?E‘U?IY ge N8 t and lease it out, but further sits well back from the street on a look at the building â€" )thh for the [_estpratmra\ivord uth(ln- happened to the portrait UE ns i Mbnerstandasne cabbagé uy | 3“;85fi%fa:gon‘}slh ogeddfl:t v;ss wh‘l;teepic[k::’- C 1-(?' Stv "2 if;fi'f,f;fi;fiifg ds s :Jl}z:lcltrlr;:\slfifigfln h e itary man with red tunic and gold _ terflies for Alex, while Camilla 1 ‘orse 0. an they ha ought. course 0 o years, 1 got a new + m 9" & i : 5 it would take almost & complete _ toof and was completely redone "He said, ‘I think it has gone too .. "Fele? does it so well. He was §?;‘;‘:_9t;é§agt:£‘ef’§£ fii?‘tigiz flégg;lrs:ellz!;c:sg }f’;itzf‘l:‘fje:g hioomn | I gutting and several years of work _ inside to make another bedâ€"andâ€" _ far to do anything with.‘ It came _ in the furniture and interiorâ€" m i | i ign business for 45 years. He didn‘t like it). treat. p MR C E: breaiss" up for sale, and we bought it and . desigh 28 to" "That was the man in charge of There are stepping stones [ > \ _\ "The basic structure was kept. "There are two rooms and one .. started to {ake it apart," hesaid. had ts finest store in TOTOMIO: _ jooking after Napoleon whe%l he â€" across the creek bgtp i'org the conâ€" 1 \ _ New windows were made in Port bath upstairs, with a room and a "The structure was great, with _ Ridpath‘s on Youge es was ong the Isle opf Elba," Dalglish _ venience of their be::l-andâ€"breakâ€" \ _ Hope in the old style. We tried to sitting room downstairs," Dalâ€" wonderful barn beams. We put in _ OVET 110 years ?ld, she said. td t § tl me t] & |__get manufactured windows, but . glish said. a small basement for heating. 1 must say I‘m in love with furâ€" ns io Feep ie buildin r“ E‘{eds‘s' iey want to put in 2 \_ they were very heavy. A man in By this time, the grounds "tt didn‘t look like a church, niture," her husband agreed Smdg £ xl\‘Ian e HP e.blil bgs oufl;vn lge. R d d L Port Hope built these windows in behind the inn that stretch but as we took out the inside pointing out a table from Bali :5_3“51 entic “dP“SSl.‘he_v ut e 0"; the gardens aroun | _ the old style," Dalglish said. between the two bedâ€"andâ€"break= _ walls, the shape of the windows and a sideboard with an ultraâ€" ring them up to date wit interâ€" â€" here, and we want to try to \| There was no basement, so . fast buildings had been beautiâ€" . was there. We decided to keep . heavy real marble top that he esting things. develop them a htt}ie bxémore. I they had to hold up the building fied with landscaping and the _ the barn beams and roof for the â€" spotted and decided was just _ The modern flowered upholâ€" _ Camilla‘s in the Garden on:;erl- j \ to dig one out. This is not addition of a gazebo. Camilla _ inside and insulate it on the outâ€" . tight for his room. § stery on the eight chairs ranged . vancy of Amef,n!::)a. 50_“;‘3 t:_z:;re all \ _ unusual, he said. In the old days, _ Dalglish said it had become popâ€" â€" side. We had to replace the Special touches abound in the flrmll'ldl a large munlcll_tab_le;l\s 'cn‘xl ov;rh for tours, ;f\lghs said. _ \_ buildings were often erected on a ular for weddings, with the bedâ€" â€" siding, so it really worked out bedâ€"andâ€"breakfast suites in the example, as is the whimsica! wa eir passion 1Or preservation stone base. andâ€"breakfast establishments _ much better than 1 thought." house across the creek, such as . PICCP that seems to be a hat and .. does stem in some measive from 2 \ _! The upstairs dormers were offering needed accommodaâ€" _ ‘On the back wall, large winâ€" . fourâ€"poster beds and hga(ed umbrell_a hung on a peg _but it â€" their love of history. ]:!alghsh- removed and replaced with skyâ€" . tions. dows offer a view westward of the . towel racks. But the inn is the _ actually just a wooden carving. finds Grafton an interesting area f lights to provide a sunlit secondâ€" _ It would become even more _ grounds Dalglish has so lovingly . building people see the most, . _ "We like to make it interesting . from that point of view. floor banquet room with massive . popular for weddings with the _ groomed. and Dalglish has scattered many and pleasant for people to come _ His wife feels even more \_ wooden beams. restoration of the old Methodist "It‘s nice to look into the . styles of tables and chairs !1 hesaid. ¢ ¢ stryngly- i _ f It reopened as a restaurant in meeting hall immediately north _ woods and down the stream," he _ throughout its rooms, Camilla Dalglish pointed out The Empire Loyalist theme the late 1990s and, by 2002, they _ of the Pumpkin House, whose _ said. Each setting is bound to be that the grounds have also should be used more in Grafton, had purchased the house immeâ€" grounds also abutted the parking Now called The Meeting Place, . next to a fine piece of furniture, become a wonderful place for . because it was such a powerful uo n ks 1 e ues Te Pap en M w PR o i o s o t in al ~ c