St. Paul's Anglican Church

Reason for registration

St. Paul's standing as the Mother Church of the Anglican Church in North America; the fact that it is the oldest extant building in Halifax and for the rich and vital role the church has played in the development of this Province.

Character-defining elements

Character-Defining Elements of the exterior of St. Paul’s Church relate to its Georgian architecture with Victorian elements and include:

- east and west wings;
- gabled roof with closed pediment;
- wooden shingle cladding;
- belfry sheathed in copper;
- wide, intermediate mullions;
- verges decorated with dentils;
- first floor windows trimmed with plain entablatures and dentils similar to the dentils on the verges;
- second storey windows with rounded heads and corresponding panes;
- large Palladian window centred on the second floor north façade, over the main doors;
- transom window over main wooden doors;
- steeple supported by a square, saddle back tower with rondel windows, surmounted by two octagonal lanterns and domed roofs.

Character-Defining Elements of the site:

- continued use as a church;
- location in the Grand Parade and centre of downtown Halifax.