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32 Elgin Street
Anglican Church
Rubble-built (formerly rendered), Latin-cross plan, Gothic Revival church with Chancel to south, gabled side porches, and (partially rebuilt) gabled tower with four oculi (c. 1860).
Description – This is a very pretty structure, built in the style of a mediaeval church in the Early English (i.e. late 13th century) Gothic style. Church is built of local limestone, with broached-rubble, local limestone quoins, and ashlar limestone at arches, mullions and sills. Of special note is quality of dressed-stone elements of lancet windows, including very tall voussoirs. Church was originally rendered in lime-based plaster, with white, lime-mortar joints extending from actual joints at dressed-stone elements. Remnants of this rare finish remain adjacent eaves (see also the Rectory). At tower, repointing has removed all traces of original render and incised joints. Tower gables have been rebuilt (2001) in coursed rubble using smaller, more regular, imported stones, and frames to oculi appear to be replacements in smoother ashlar than elsewhere. Doors are vertically lined and painted, with segmental-arched heads and large, decorative, cast-iron hinges, and set within larger, pointed-arch openings with similar, lined, wooden tympana. Windows are typically paired lancets, and have leaded and stained glass throughout. Typical, Early English, triple-lancet window exists at north gable and east transept, set within larger hood-moulding spanning all three lights. Similar arrangement exists at tower, where pair of lancets with diamond-shaped, leaded-lights is set below pointed-arch, with masonry in tympanum. Roofs, over steep gables, are steeply pitched throughout, with narrow fascias having deep, ogee-type shingle moulding, and plain boarded soffits. Mansard roof adjacent east transept is assumed to be later alteration and is most incongruous. Nave roof has small, gabled, triangular vents , and is clad in dark-grey asphalt shingles. Flashings at valleys and ridges are zinc, including face-nailed ridge rolls.
- Gabled, two-storey, coursed-rubble church offices, having leaded-light windows of various types (c. 1920).
Parish Offices
General Description – Institutional building is composed of various gabled blocks, with main (east) façade facing Elgin Street and secondary (west) façade on Sainte Marie Street. Building is of coursed-rubble stone throughout, including at foundation, which ends with cast-stone, bevelled plinth some five feet above grade. Sills are ashlar stone and lintels are cast-stone, with bevelled lower edge centred within apertures.
East Elevation: East elevation comprises two bays under pitched roof, and wide, single bay in projecting gabled block to right. Central, main entry is reached by broad flight of concrete steps built off coursed- rubble walls. Entry has pair of half-glazed, panelled doors under segmental-arch fanlight set within aperture with rusticated stone jambs and voussoirs. Low-pitched, Arts and Crafts-type canopy above has flat, segmental arch at fascia and is supported by wooden struts at either side. Windows are a variety of casement and sash and case (or double-hung), all having small, leaded-light windows. Fenestration within gabled bay to right comprises wide group of three, 1/1 sash and case, with second-floor transoms windows above full-width, cast-stone transom. Gable peak has unflashed, ashlar, cast-stone coping.