Saint Peter's and Saint John's Anglican Church, Anglican church in Baddeck, Canada
Saint Peter's and Saint John's Anglican Church is a wooden neo-Gothic church in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, built in 1883. It has buttresses, pointed arch windows, and a round-headed window on its east elevation. The design follows the simple medieval style promoted by the Cambridge Camden Society, and the building has been deconsecrated.
Saint Peter's and Saint John's was built in 1883, the second of six churches Simon Gibbons erected in Nova Scotia. Gibbons, Canada's first Inuk priest, is believed to have encountered the Cambridge Camden Society while working on this building. The church was designated a Provincially Registered Property in 1990 for its link to Gibbons and as the best example of that society's style.
The church is deconsecrated, so no services are held there today. Its design follows the Cambridge Camden Society's call for a return to simple medieval styles, which is why it was chosen for provincial heritage status in 1990. The name honours two apostles, Peter and John.
The church has been deconsecrated, so no services are held and it is not open as a place of worship. It stands in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, and is a provincially registered property; visitors view the wooden exterior, buttresses and pointed arch windows from outside.
Of the six churches Simon Gibbons built in Nova Scotia, this 1883 building is one of only four of his designs still standing. Gibbons, Canada's first Inuk priest, is thought to have encountered the Cambridge Camden Society while working here, and the church was provincially registered in 1990 partly for that link.
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