Hearn House (Brigus)

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Bounded on the west by the old Catholic Burying Ground, the Hearn House is one of the oldest in Brigus. A long building of two-and-a-half storeys with gable roof, the house once had a large open fireplace. At its eastern end is a small shop which fronts directly on the road. The house was supposed to have been built byJames Hearn, an ancestor of the family which presently occupies it. In 1830 one James Hearn of Brigus, Cooper, was given a grant of thirty-one perches of land "bounded on the north by the Southern Brook . . . on the east by Charles Cozens ground . . . on the west by the Catholic Burying Ground." Whether Hearn had previously built his house on the site is uncertain but that grant would appear to provide some basis for dating the house.

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