Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Brandon

• the setting of the building on the site: the steep slope

down to the tracks, so that the basement storey is at near-grade on the sides; the front (south) facade flush with the sidewalk; the relationship with the railway tracks at the rear

Key elements that define the exterior heritage character of the CPR Station, Bandon include:

• the overall size and massing: the

basically square plan with recessed wings to either side and the projecting central section on the front facade; the flat roof

• the construction of Tyndall stone for the main floor and buff brick for the second

floor, with Tyndall stone being used also for the prominent central bays of the entrance facade and for the window sills and pilaster bases and capitals of the second floor

• the Beaux-Arts classical stylistic

vocabulary: the two-storey pilasters flanking the doors; the raised, stepped central parapet with clock and date; the single-storey pilasters between the windows; the elegant cut stone window mouldings with prominent keystones on the first floor; the rusticated basement storey; the Doric entablature over the entrance front; the parapet with recessed panels

• the fenestration and door openings

Key elements that define the interior heritage character of the CPR Station, Brandon include:

• some classical details,

such as ceiling mouldings, in the entrance vestibule of the building

• original window and door casings

where extant