Clarence United Baptist Church

Reason for registration

its heritage value based on its age and use as a place of worship, architecture and character-defining elements, which include its: wooden one-and one-half storey structure with a steeply pitched roof and a wooden single storey ell to the northwest facing gabled end; central projecting tower on its southeast facing gabled end with an open belfry and the crenellated or notched walls and corner spires above its cornice; symmetry of its public facades; large gothic revival arch windows in the church with tracery and framed with distinctive moldings, hood moldings and caps, including the transom window over the main entry doors; large 16 over 8 hung windows with simple framing on the sides of the ell; wooden storm door on back ell; wooden shingled cladding with corner boards; diagonal wooden shingled cladding where the ell meets the northwest facing gabled end of the church; cut stone foundation with inscribed corner stone; and location along Clarence Road.