Dingle House (Victoria) | mansion / manor house / villa, apartment building, 1885_construction, 1880s construction

 mansion / manor house / villa, apartment building, 1885_construction, 1880s construction

Address:
137 Gorge Rd
Victoria, BC V9A 6Y1

Built: 1885

"The Dingle, Dingle House, Chapman Point"
also known for many years as the Dingle House Restaurant

The house sat on a 12-acre property and was one of several stately homes built in this part of the Burnside Gorge neighbourhood in the late 1880s and early 1890s. It is the only stately home surviving from that era. In the 1950s, a motel was built on the former Thomson property, but fortunately the house itself was preserved. It has been well-maintained and is listed on the City of Victoria's Heritage Register.

The Dingle originally faced the Gorge water; in 1990 it was elevated and turned to face the Gorge Road. For many years it was a restaurant aptly named The Dingle House. It now contains three strata-title residential units.

burnsidegorge.ca/heritage-building/137-gorge-rd
victoriaheritagefoundation.ca/HReg/Burnside/Gorge137.ht...
photos: victoriahistory.ca/single.php?sec=property&id=1054