"He and his whole family, from six to twenty-six, are still with me ... Since her arrival they sleep at my little Country house, & come to town in the morning. To-morrow they commence dining there, as I have given him the House, furniture and farm, etc. during his stay in the Province. He still retains rooms in the Province house, with me, as it saves him the expense of furnishing [a] House [in town], and dines with me whenever he stays in town."31

Let us turn once again to Akins:

"The villa was built altogether of wood, consisting of a centre of two stories containing the hall and staircase, with a flat roof. There were two wings containing the Duke's apartments. In the rear was a narrow wooden building with pointed gothic windows, resembling a chapel, containing the kitchen and the offices, which extended some distance southward beyond the main building. ... The rooms were not spacious, and the ceilings low, which appears to have been the fashion of building in Halifax at the time."34

"The white wooden frame building was in imitation of the rococco Italian style. It had a flat roof surrounded by an ornate railing, long narrow windows, and a double-decked portico with lattice-work up which many coloured creepers climbed. Inside were a big ballroom and a large central hall, used for levees. Behind the house was another building in the Gothic style. This contained the guardroom, the kitchens, and Edward's private office. Opposite was a circular bandstand consisting of a gilded Moorish cupola mounted on Greek columns.
Hidden in the woods of the grounds was a Chinese temple with strings of copper bells ringing as they were swung by the wind. A gravel path twisted tortuously through the natural woodlands. A balloonist drifting over the estate would have noticed that the path spelled "Julie." At points where it commanded a view of the [Bedford] Basin, there were seats under tiny shelters that looked as if they had been cut out with a cookie cutter. Among the rafters of these shelters little strips of hanging glass tinkled musically in the breeze. The piece de resistance was an artificial brook, led into the grounds from a nearby stream, which tumbled over a series of pretty waterfalls into a lake. Edward had the lake's natural shape altered to that of a heart as a mark of his love for Julie. It was surrounded by Julie's private garden."35