A Cambridge house has recently been put on the market and gives one lucky buyer the chance to own a piece of television history.
Cambridge, especially in the Galt area, is known as a hot-spot for filming. Whether it be for shows like The Handmaid's Tale, the long-running CBC favourite Murdoch Mysteries or the award winning Netflix Series The Queen’s Gambit, many of the city’s old historical houses have been used as a set for one of those shows.
The Chamberlain House at 93 Salisbury Ave. is the estate where a number of scenes for The Queen’s Gambit were filmed. The listing was posted on Realtor.ca this month with a price tag of $3.5 million.
This house, along with many surrounding homes on Brant Road South, were featured in the two-time Golden Globe winning limited series.
The Chamberlain House is positioned on 0.66-acres of land and boasts a total of seven bedrooms and enough parking for 14 cars.
The home is described as being “timelessly elegant” and has a ‘Gone With The Wind’ style staircase leading to the second floor.
Being built in 1916, the interior still plays to the architectural styling of the era without compromising modern amenities.
A selling point in the listing is being, “a beloved property for film productions.”
Acknowledging the shows filming at the house, the realtor, Colleen Whitney wrote, “the breathtaking front entry of this home played its part in an elegantly magical night-scene featuring a renown Hollywood star-actress attending a house party.”
The home does carry heritage status and was on the market this time last year at a price tag of $3.7 million. The current owners have owned the property since 1985.
