Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Clockmaker's Inn
Windsor, West Hants, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- B&B
- Year built
- 1894
- Decade built
- 1890-1899
- Notice of registration date
- 11 August 1995
- Civic address
- 1399 King Street
- Community
- Windsor
- County
- West Hants
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.97978, -64.12843
- File number
- Prov_file_197
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1878 map "Lunenburg Co., N.S." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1878 · Lunenburg Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Kings, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Hants, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Colchester, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the historical associations with Rufus Curry, a significant Nova Scotian industrialist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; and the well preserved Second Empire features of the building's architectural design.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Second Empire style of the Clockmaker’s Inn include:
- mansard roof;
- symmetrical façade with large entrance tower;
- cast iron roof cresting;
- use of several curved and oval forms including the round-headed dormers, round-headed windows in the tower, and the segmental arch of the entrance onto the verandah;
- all exterior wood detailing including the intricate brackets around the verandah and roofline.
Nearby in the register
- Convocation Hallschoolunder 1 mi
- Thornton Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Christ Churchchurchunder 1 mi
- Clifton Museum Park (Haliburton House)museumunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.