About Our Windows

  • The windows on the east wall overlooking Douglas Street were installed some five months after the January 1890 opening of the "new" church. They are dedicated to the memory of Robert Dunsmuir, the builder of Craigdarroch Castle.
  • The widows were made in Germany by Linnman and came to Victoria by sailing ship around Cape Horn.
  • The figure in the centre of the rose is St Andrew, surrounded by eight angels, four with trumpets and four with harps. To the left are windows depicting the Christmas story.
  • In one, shepherds hear the good news from an angel bearing an olive branch.
  • In the next one, we see Mary with babe in arms and Joseph in the background.
  • In the window that accompanies this the three kings, all richly attired in oriental costume kneel in worship.
  • Above each pair of windows there are elegant floral accent windows. The colours of these striking windows are more muted than the remaining windows of the church which are all of Canadian manufacture.
  • Originally the remaining windows were muted panels of tinted glass.
  • The reamining windows were not installed until after 1946, more than fifty years later.

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