Lorway House

Lorway house was built in 1787 for the Reverend Ranna Cossit, who was one of the hundreds of Loyalists who came to Nova Scotia in the 1780s to escape the American Revolution.

It was built as an unornamented, neo-classical house and is one of the oldest surviving residential buildings constructed during the founding and Loyalist settlement of Sydney.

Cossit was the first Anglican minister assigned to Sydney and he played a key role in the political and social development of the colony of Cape Breton Island.

The house was used as a schoolhouse in the late 19th century and was turned back into a private residence near the turn of the century after a renovation that seen the addition of it now distinctive roof peaks.

Extensive renovations by Nousmac in 2014 brought the property to the two-unit rental property as seen today.