The story behind a piece of Quebec anglophone history, and its $25M price tag
Global News
The real estate listing for Braemer House in Quebec suggests one of the early owners was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria. The storied heritage home dates back to 1847.
A piece of Quebec’s anglo history is up for grabs in Montreal, but its price tag isn’t for the faint of heart.
The asking price for Braemer House, as the property is known, is a whopping $25 million.
The house is nestled on a hill, away from the street, on Westmount’s The Boulevard.
The City of Westmount is located as the name implies, on the southwestern slope of Montreal’s Mont-Royal. It’s known as a predominately anglophone enclave and is home to some of the most affluent neighbourhoods in the country.
Inside Bramer’s expansive interior are seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a powder room, six fireplaces and a chef’s kitchen.
Braemer House was built in 1847 in the Regency style, which was popular at the time.
It is now one of the few remaining Regency cottages in the Montreal area, according to Quebec’s Culture and Communications Ministry. On its webpage devoted to Braemer House, the ministry says most Regency housing left in the province is found in eastern Quebec.
In a co-listing by Bunny Berke of Profusion Realty and Garen Simonyan of Groupe Sutton-Excellence, the building is described as a Regency-style plantation home, which is more typical in tropical climates.