A brief History Lesson

The Clockmaker's Inn was built by Robert Canavan of Scotch Village in 1894 for Rufus Curry - a son of a wealthy Sea Captain and business merchant. The house was occupied by Rufus Curry from 1894 until his death in 1934 and his widow Corneila continued to live in the house until 1946.

From 1946-1956 the house was used as a nursing home known as Windsor Manor.

 In 1956 it was purchased by David and Esther Allbon who converted the carriage house into a printing shop.

In 1978 Dennis and Veronica Connelly purchased the house and in 1985 opened their home as a Bed and Breakfast calling it the "Clockmaker's Inn" after the book entitled - "The Clockmaker" by Judge Thomas Haliburton, a Windsor native. In the late 1990s the Connellys retired the Bed and Breakfast but continued to live in the home until the Dunham's purchased the historic property in Feburary 2005 and transformed the grand old home into a beautiful Victorian Inn.

 On July 1st 2006, after a year and a half of renovating the house, and converting the Carraige House into a modern loft apartment for Sarah and Sean to live in, The Clockmaker's Inn  re-opened its doors to the public.

 More about the Clockmaker's Inn

The French chateau style house has a distinctive mansard roof, curved glass in the bay windows, iron cresting on the roof top, and seven stained glass windows in the projecting centre tower. Inside there are 24 rooms, five open fire places; at the turn of the stairway there is a large, elaboratley designed and recently renovated stained glass window. The floor in the main hallway is intricate parquet using three different woods. This parquet design is continued on the stairs and wainscoting. Most rooms were graced with handpainting by George Lyons of Falmouth in 1909 and some of these paintings still remain.
The cost of building the house was $29,000 - roughly 2 million by modern standards.The house is a Registered Provincial Heritage Property.