Historic Sites of Manitoba: Durness / Brenwick / Augdon House (15 Boulevard Lane, Matlock, Dunnottar)

This cottage at Dunnottar was built in 1910 by the construction firm of Ross Brothers that built many cottages in the area. Originally named Durness after a small village in Sutherland in the northwest Scottish highlands, the ancestral home of the Ross clan, the cottage became a summer home for Duncan James Ross and Neil Ross and their two sisters. It is a large wood-framed front-gabled, two-storey structure with a full-width porch across the front. The interior features original beamed ceilings and wainscotting in the porch, dining room and common room, with a substantial brick fireplace in the common room. Later renamed Brenwick, its present name is Augdon.

Front view of Augdon House during renovation (November 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina Front view of Augdon House (October 2025) Source: Donna Sikorsky Rear view of Augdon House (November 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina Rear view of Augdon House (October 2025) Source: Donna Sikorsky Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.43369, W96.95028 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Manitoba Business: Ross Brothers

Memorable Manitobans: Duncan James Ross (1865-1947)

Memorable Manitobans: Neil Ross (1867-1951)

Sources:

Make History: Preserve Manitoba's Past - Special Places, Dunnottar Inventory of Heritage Sites. Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport, 2010.

Dunnottar's Significant Heritage Buildings, Heritage Manitoba.

We thank Donna Sikorsky for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Rose Kuzina and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 July 2026

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