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Rushworth and Dreaper was a firm of organ builders, and later general instrument suppliers associated with
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
based in
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
. The manufacturer was founded in 1828 by
William Rushworth, operating until 2002. Upon its liquidation, its archives were mostly destroyed, and the Victorian clock in the works tower was removed. The premises are now occupied by
Henry Willis & Sons
Henry Willis & Sons is a British firm of pipe organ builders founded in 1845. Although most of their installations have been in the UK, examples can be found in other countries.
Five generations of the Willis family served as principals of th ...
.
Organs built by the company (in date order)
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St Oswald's Church, Winwick, 1838.
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All Saints' Church, Bradbourne
All Saints’ Church, Bradbourne is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Bradbourne, Derbyshire.
History
All Saints’ Church was adopted as the village church after the dissolution of the monasteries. It was formerly Bra ...
Derbyshire 1866
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St Mary's Church, Knowsley
St Mary's Church is in Knowsley Lane, Knowsley, Merseyside, Knowsley Village, Merseyside, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* Listed building#England and Wales, listed building ...
, 1913.
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Liverpool Collegiate School
Liverpool Collegiate School was an all-boys grammar school, later a comprehensive school, in the Everton area of Liverpool.
Foundations
The Collegiate is a striking, Grade II listed building, with a facade of pink Woolton sandstone, designed ...
, 1913.
*Eastcliffe Congregational Church,
Bournemouth
Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...
, 1914.
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Our Lady & St Alphege, Bath, 1915.
*St Anne's Church, Stanley, 1916
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St Barnabas' Church, Bromborough
St Barnabas' Church is in the town of Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and stands within the boundary of the Bromborough ...
, 1923.
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St Hildeburgh's Church, Hoylake, 1924 (?)
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St Andrew's Church, West Kirby, 1925.
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St. Laurence and All Saints Church, Eastwood, Essex, 1925
*St Michael's & All Angels Church, Windmill Hill, Bedminster, Bristol, 1927 - Opening recital by Mr W. Maynard Rushworth.
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Malvern Priory
Great Malvern Priory in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, was a Benedictine monastery (c. 1075 – 1540) and is now an Anglican parish church. In 1949 it was designated a Grade I listed building. It is a dominant building in the Great Malver ...
, 1927.
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Stowe School Chapel, 1928.
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The Queen's College, Oxford
The Queen's College is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield in honour of Philippa of Hainault. It is distinguished by its pred ...
, 1931.
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Christ's Hospital
Christ's Hospital is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 11–18) with a royal charter located to the south of Horsham in West Sussex. The school was founded in 1552 and received its first royal charter in 1553 ...
School chapel,
Horsham
Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...
, 1931.
[Bicknell, 1999, p. 375.]
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St Marys Church, Northop Hall, 1931
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Manchester Grammar School
The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) in Manchester, England, is the largest independent school (UK), independent day school for boys in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1515 as a Grammar school#free tuition, free grammar school next to Manchester C ...
, 1931
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Howden Minster
Howden Minster (also known as the Minster Church of St Peter and St Paul, Howden) is a large Grade I listed Church of England church in the Diocese of York. It is located in Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England and is one of the largest ch ...
,
East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to t ...
, 1933.
*All Hallows Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire, 1935
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St. Margaret's Church, Aspley, 1936.
*St. Cuthberts Church Brislington Bristol, 1937.
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St. Michael and All Angels Church, Bassett,
Hampshire
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, 1937.
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Holy Cross Church, Woodchurch
Holy Cross Church is in Woodchurch, an area of Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Birkenhead. The church is recorded in th ...
, 1938.
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St John's Church, Wainfelin, 1938.
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Church of the Holy Rude
The Church of the Holy Rude (Scottish Gaelic: ''Eaglais na Crois Naoimh'') is the medieval parish church of Stirling, Scotland. It is named after the Holy Rood, a relic of the True Cross on which Jesus was crucified. The church was founded in 11 ...
, Stirling 1940.
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All Saints Church,
Clifton
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, Bristol, 1946 (the previous organ built by "Harrison & Harrison" was destroyed by German bombing in 1940).
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St Peter's Church, Heswall, 1947.
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Installed by Rushworth & Dreaper in 1950. Dismantled November 2010 by Jardines for a private owner and moved in several lorries to another former Welsh Presbyterian chapel in Mid Wales for restoration along with some contemporary contents from the since demolished Liverpool Church. Evidence uncovered by Jardines and new owner indicates that this tubular pneumatic instrument was probably rebuilt from a much earlier 19th-century
Hope-Jones Organ. There are traces of some tracking, the feet and detail of the wooden pipes are typical of Hope-Jones and have the same paint colours as Hope-Jones examples observed elsewhere. Several cast iron weights from the regulators are cast with the words HOPE JONES and two others have N & L (?) castings. More details on National Pipe Organ Register.
*Royal Memorial Chapel,
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
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1950
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Christ Church Thornton le Fylde 1950
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Stockport Grammar School, 1951. ("The Stopfordian", December 1951 (X, 25) pp. 27–28.)
*The Great Hall,
Goldsmiths College
Goldsmiths, University of London, officially the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London in England. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Wor ...
, London.
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St Saviour's Church, Oxton
St Saviour's Church is in Bidston Road, Oxton, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Birkenhead, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is united with that of ...
.
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Liverpool Parish church - our lady and St Nicholas 1952
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St Michael's Church, Blundellsands, Liverpool 1952
* St Catherine's Church, Westonbirt, 1953
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Albion Congregational Church, 1953
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St Mark's Church, Bromley
St Mark's Church, Bromley is a Church of England parish church in Bromley. It is located on Westmoreland Road, to the south of the town centre.
History Beginnings
In the 1880s there was already a worshipping congregation in the Bromley South ar ...
, 1954.
*St Mary the Virgin, Hennock,
Devon
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, 1954.
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Tyndale Baptist, Clifton, Bristol, 1956. 6 Ranks Extension - Fully enclosed in 2 boxes - Detached tab console. More details on National Pipe Organ Register.
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St Andrew's Church, Plymouth
The Minster Church of St Andrew, also known as St Andrew's Church, Plymouth is an Anglican church in Plymouth. It is the original parish church of Sutton, one of the three towns which were later combined to form the city of Plymouth. The church i ...
, 1957.
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St.Martin's Baguley, Manchester, 1960.
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Guildford Cathedral
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, 1961.
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Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall is a concert hall in Hope Street, in Liverpool, England. It is the home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed ...
, 1961.
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St John the Evangelist RC Church, Portobello, 1961
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Victoria Hall, Halifax, 1963 (rebuild of 1901 William Hill instrument
*Avenue Methodist Church, Sale, 1963 - 4 unit extension organ.
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St Michael and All Angels Church, Hawkshead
St Michael and All Angels Church is in the village of Hawkshead, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is ...
, Cumbria. 1965.
*Ealing Abbey, St Benedic's School, London 1967.
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Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and Saint Nicholas (Galway Cathedral), Galway, Republic of Ireland, 1966
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Keele University
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, chapel, 1966
* Church of the Ascension, Kenton,
Newcastle upon Tyne
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, 1966
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Leeds Trinity University
Leeds Trinity University is a public university in Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Originally established to provide qualified teachers to Catholic schools, it gradually expanded and now offers foundation, undergraduate, and postg ...
Chapel, Horsforth, 1968
* Allerton Presbyterian Church (now Allerton United Reformed Church),
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
, c.1969
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St Mary's Church, Mold, 1972.
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Holy Trinity Brompton Church
Holy Trinity Brompton with St Paul's, Onslow Square and St Augustine's, South Kensington, often referred to simply as HTB, is an Anglican church in London, England. The church consists of six sites: HTB Brompton Road, HTB Onslow Square (formerl ...
, London, 1974 (formerly the organ was at St. Mark's Church, North Audley Street, London).
*Parish of St Benedict
Ealing Abbey
Ealing Abbey is a Catholic Benedictine monastic foundation on Castlebar Hill in Ealing. It is part of the English Benedictine Congregation. As of 2020, the Abbey had 14 monks.
History
The monastery at Ealing was founded in 1897 from Downside ...
, London, 1974.
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The Chapel of the Resurrection,
University of Ibadan
The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the University of London. It became an independent university in 196 ...
,
Ibadan, Nigeria
Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its me ...
1978
*Hoarse Memorial Methodist Cathedral, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria 1978
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The Cathedral of St David
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, Kudeti,
Ibadan, Nigeria
Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its me ...
1984
*Chapel of
Liverpool Blue Coat School
The Liverpool Blue Coat School is a grammar school in Wavertree, Liverpool, England. It was founded in 1708 by Bryan Blundell and the Reverend Robert Styth as the Liverpool Blue Coat Hospital and was for many years a boys' boarding school befo ...
(1906)
*Chapel of Wrekin College, Wellington 1937
References
External links
Rushworth and Dreaper(Dave Nicholas - Cinema organist)
Dave Nicholas InterviewNAMM Oral History Library (2020)
Listen:
R & D 2-manual organ(Demonstration on
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