Christ Church

Reason for registration

the original placement within the Town of Windsor; the building's Gothic Revival or Carpenter Gothic architecture; the pointed arch window openings, clerestory windows into the nave, and 3 notable stain glass windows (Haliburton Window, the King Memorial Window and Sunday School Rose Window); the spire and original board and batton cladding along the base of the exterior, several horizontal belt coarse, and the stylized image of the window surrounds; the unique Alpha and Omega roof beams; the narthex (entrance porch) with original main doors are intact, complete with Geer's double acting spring butts and the original stone and iron fence remaining along the perimeter of the site.

Character-defining elements

Character-defining elements of Christ Church relate to its Carpenter Gothic Revival style and use as a church and include:

- wood frame structure;
- "alpha and omega" beams;
- pointed spire tower roof;
- rectangular gable towers;
- high pitched roofs;
- long, narrow, lancet windows;
- all stained glass windows including window removed from original church, Thomas Chandler Haliburton window and the Sunday School memorial rose window;
- S.R. Warren and Sons organ;
- two doors on front elevation, one beside the tower and a covered entrance at the rear;
- central location in the town of Windsor.