Chudleigh
A 1985 Toronto Historical Board plaque at 136 Beverley Street has this to say:
George Lissant Beardmore, a prosperous tanner, built this house, named for his birthplace, in 1871-72, with additions and alterations by Eden Smith, Architect, in 1890. His son, George Wathen Beardmore, occupied the house until his death. In 1937 it was purchased for use as the Italian Consulate. The property was taken over by the Government of Canada in 1939, and for almost twenty years, the building served as a barracks for the R.C.M.P. In 1962 the Canadian Government gave the house to the Italian community as a training centre for immigrants and in 1977 "Chudleigh" again became Toronto's Italian Consulate.
Location Co-ordinates: 43.654149 -79.394149
Photo by Alan L Brown - September 2006
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Posted May 16, 2008
since childhood i have always been told of a famous relative lissant beardmore who was the first man to fly the english channel in a glider. apparently my mother phyllis(lissant)lambert was right.please take care of the home place-i'll be around to check on it. wm lambert nashville,tn. jarrell64@yahoo.com
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