Nigel Church

Nigel Church was a British organ builder based in Stamfordham, Northumberland from 1971 to 1998

Career

He started building organs as Church and Company in Stamfordham in 1971 and concentrated on new build organs with mechanical action.^[1]

Although some restoratons of older organs were undertaken (mostly in the area around Durham near their workshop) Church's small organ-building company gradually became best known for effective design of small organs (of one or two manuals) in the neo-baroque style then fashionable, often featuring modernist architectural design and casework - in strong contrast to the elaborate, noble and grand post-Victorian aesthetics of most of Britain's organ stock. As such, the firm's legacy constitutes a modest but important ingredient in the spread of the 20th Century European Organ reform movement into the UK.

The firm ceased trading in 2000. Many of Church's organs are still in regular use.

Organs built

Organ in Christ Church, Chilwell 1984

• Newcastle Royal Grammar School 1973^[2]
• St Willibrord with All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne 1974^[3]
• St Paul’s Church, Winlaton, Durham 1974^[4]
• All Saints’ Church, The Oval, Pin Green, Stevenage 1974^[5]
• St Michael's Church, Breaston 1975^[6] now in English Martyrs Church, Alvaston, Derbyshire
• St James and St Basil’s Church, Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne 1975^[7]
• The Church of the Holy Saviour, Lemington, Tyne and Wear 1975^[8]
• Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall 1976 now at Sedbergh School
• St George’s Church, Hartlepool 1976^[9]
• Trent College Chapel, Nottingham 1976^[10]
• St Matthew’s Church, Newcastle upon Tyne 1977^[11]
• St Giles' Church, Sandiacre 1977^[12]
• St Mary's Church, Disley, Cheshire 1977^[13]
• Saxon Church, Escomb, Durham 1977^[14]
• St Peter ad Vincula, Thornaby-on-Tees 1978^[15]
• St Michael's church, Coxwold, North Yorkshire 1978^[16]
• Church of Our Lady and St Columba, Wallsend 1979
• St Helen’s Church, Hoveton, Norfolk 1979^[17]
• St John of Beverley School, Beverley, Humberside 1979^[18]
• St Robert of Newminster, Morpeth, Northumberland 1980^[19]
• United Reformed Church, Aston Tirrold, Berkshire 1980^[20]
• St Edward the Confessor, Dringhouses, Yorkshire 1980^[21]
• St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne 1981^[22]
• Houston and Killellan Kirk, Strathclyde 1981^[23]
• St Joseph’s Church, Cookham Road, Maidenhead 1981^[24]
• St Hugh of Lincoln, Timperley, Greater Manchester 1981^[25]
• Hartley Hall of Residence, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester 1981^[26]
• St Mary’s Church, Harborne, Birmingham 1982^[27]
• St James’ Church, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh 1982^[28]
• St Mary Magdalene's Church, Trimdon 1982^[29]
• Priory Church of St Hilda, Sneaton Castle 1983^[30]
• St Mary the Virgin, Denham, Buckinghamshire 1983^[31]
• Lylesand Church Paisley, Strathclyde 1983^[32]
• St Alban’s Church, Chester Road, Macclesfield 1983^[33]
• Arley Hall Chapel, Cheshire 1983^[34]
• St George’s Church, Wigan 1984^[35]
• All Saints’ Church, Friern Barnet, London 1984^[36]
• Liverpool Cathedral 1984^[37]
• Christ Church, Chilwell 1984^[38]
• Holy Trinity Church, Old Bewick 1986^[39]
• Barnard Castle School Chapel, Durham 1986^[40]
• 55 Courthill Avenue, Glasgow 1987^[41]
• Chetham’s School, Greater Manchester 1987^[42]
• St Thomas of Aquin and Stephen Harding, Market Drayton 1987^[43]
• Birmingham Conservatoire 1987^[44]
• St Joseph’s Church, Westgate, Wetherby 1987^[45]

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References

1. The Organs of Britain: An Appreciation and Gazetteer. John Norman. David & Charles, 1984
2. "NPOR D02596". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
3. "NPOR K02233". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
4. "NPOR N04083". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
5. "NPOR N08833". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
6. "NPOR N05386". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
7. "NPOR R01095". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
8. "NPOR K01014". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
9. "NPOR N04270". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
10. "NPOR N05384". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
11. "NPOR N01215". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
12. "NPOR N05355". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
13. "NPOR H00012". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
14. "NPOR N04218". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
15. "NPOR D07007". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
16. "NPOR H00782". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
17. "NPOR N06802". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
18. "NPOR N09001". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
19. "NPOR N04084". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
20. "NPOR N09067". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
21. "NPOR N09075". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
22. "NPOR N09173". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
23. "NPOR N09127". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
24. "NPOR N09086". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
25. "NPOR N09053". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
26. "NPOR N09026". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
27. "NPOR N09071". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
28. "NPOR D00525". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
29. "NPOR N09040". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
30. "NPOR N09119". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
31. "NPOR N09109". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
32. "NPOR N08014". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
33. "NPOR N09152". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
34. "NPOR H00014". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
35. "NPOR N09156". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
36. "NPOR N07978". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
37. "NPOR N12178". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
38. "NPOR N01414". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
39. "NPOR R01565". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
40. "NPOR N09184". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
41. "NPOR N08997". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
42. "NPOR N09153". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
43. "NPOR N09002". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
44. "NPOR N09133". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
45. "NPOR N09075". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.