Cromer United Church

Cromer United Church, built in 1911 for

a Methodist congregation, is a wood-frame structure on spacious grounds in Cromer. The municipal designation

applies to the church and the lots it occupies.

Cromer United Church

is a fine example of a modest Gothic Revival-style wooden church that was built in the early twentieth

century and continues its function in a small rural village. With its rectangular footprint, tall tower,

subtle exterior detailing and uncluttered auditorium plan, the structure reflects a pre-World War I modernizing

influence in Methodist church design. It also provides a link, both symbolic and concrete, to the origins

of Cromer, a community that has seen much change but continues to thrive.

Source: Rural Municipality

of Pipestone By-law No. 7-December 10, 1992

Key elements

that define the heritage character of the Cromer United Church site include:

- the large grassed lot,

with mature trees to the north, located in a mainly residential area on the western edge of Cromer and

the building's placement on an east-west axis close to the street

Key exterior elements that define

the church's unassuming Gothic Revival style include:

- the rectangular wood-frame mass with a high

concrete foundation and walls clad with horizontal wood siding painted white with contrasting dark trim

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the complex roofline composed of a moderately pitched and truncated hip roof with short cross-gables

on three sides

- the northeast corner tower capped by a steeply pitched pyramidal roof and intricate

metal finial

- the restrained Gothic Revival features, notably the three-part pointed windows with tracery

centred on all but the west elevation and flanked by single openings in the same style on the north and

south walls

- other features such as the tower's louvred south opening, the tall square brick chimney,

the sizeable basement windows, etc.

Key elements that define the church's functional interior include:

- the auditorium plan, including the high truncated ceiling over the bright open nave containing three

sections of pews separated by two interior aisles, a centred altar and pulpit and an elevated choir platform

extending across much of the west wall

- the coloured glass in geometric patterns in the large windows

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the fine furnishings and details, including the oak pews and pulpit, the stained wood window trim, flooring

and wainscotting, the wooden balustrades on the choir platform and basement staircases, etc.