Rushworth and Dreaper

Rushworth and Dreaper was a firm of organ builders, and later general instrument suppliers associated with Paul McCartney, based in Liverpool.Stephen Bicknell. The History of the English Organ (Cambridge University Press, 1999).

The manufacturer was founded in 1828 by William Rushworth. In the 1950s it absorbed Wilkinson, the Kendal organ builders. It operated 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, which was previously based in Hampshire.

Organs built by the company (ordered by year)

St Oswald's Church, Winwick, 1838. All Saints' Church, Bradbourne Derbyshire 1866 St Mary's Church, Knowsley, 1913. Liverpool Collegiate School, 1913. Eastcliffe Congregational Church, Bournemouth, 1914. Our Lady & St Alphege, Bath, 1915. St Anne's Church, Stanley, 1916 St Germain's Church, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 1922. St Barnabas' Church, Bromborough, 1923. St Hildeburgh's Church, Hoylake, 1924 (?) St Andrew's Church, West Kirby, 1925. 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. Malvern Priory, 1927. Stowe School Chapel, 1928. The Queen's College, Oxford, 1931. Christ's Hospital School chapel - 5 manual organ, Horsham, 1931/2023.Bicknell, 1999, p. 375. St Mary's Church, Northop Hall, 1931 Manchester Grammar School, 1931 Howden Minster, East Riding of Yorkshire, 1933. All Hallows Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire, 1935 St. Joseph's Church, Penarth, 1935. St. Margaret's Church, Aspley, 1936. St. Cuthberts Church Brislington Bristol, 1937. St. Michael and All Angels Church, Bassett, Hampshire, 1937.St. Michael And All Angels Church . Holy Cross Church, Woodchurch, 1938. St John's Church, Wainfelin, 1938. Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling 1940. All Saints Church, Clifton, Bristol, 1946 (the previous organ built by "Harrison & Harrison" was destroyed by German bombing in 1940).Church organs at All Saints, Clifton. St Peter's Church, Heswall, 1947. Heathfield Road Welsh Presbyterian Church, Liverpool – largely demolished 2011. 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 1950 Christ Church Thornton le Fylde 1950 Stockport Grammar School, 1951.The Stopfordian, December 1951 (X, 25) pp. 27–28. The Great Hall, Goldsmiths College, London. St Saviour's Church, Oxton. Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool 1952 St Michael's Church, Blundellsands, Liverpool 1952 St Catherine's Church, Westonbirt, 1953 Albion Congregational Church, 1953 St Mark's Church, Bromley, 1954. St Mary the Virgin, Hennock, Devon, 1954.St. Mary the Virgin, Hennock. Tyndale Baptist, Clifton, Bristol, 1956. 6 Ranks Extension – Fully enclosed in 2 boxes – Detached tab console. More details on National Pipe Organ Register. St Andrew's Church, Plymouth, 1957. St.Martin's Baguley, Manchester, 1960. Guildford Cathedral, 1961.Bicknell, 1999, p333. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 1961. St John the Evangelist RC Church, Portobello, 1961 Victoria Hall, Halifax, 1963 (rebuild of 1901 William Hill instrument Avenue Methodist Church, Sale, 1963 – 4 unit extension organ. St Michael and All Angels Church, Hawkshead, Cumbria. 1965.St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead – a bit of History. Ealing Abbey, St Benedict's School, London 1967. Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and Saint Nicholas (Galway Cathedral), Galway, Ireland, 1966 Keele University, chapel, 1966 Church of the Ascension, Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1966 Leeds Trinity University Chapel, Horsforth, 1968 Allerton Presbyterian Church (now Allerton United Reformed Church), Liverpool, (rebuilt from Norman & Beard, ex Merton Road, Bootle), 1969(unpublished) Church Minutes Books and Syd Reeves's Tuning Book St Mary's Church, Mold, 1972. Holy Trinity Brompton Church, London, 1974 (formerly the organ was at St. Mark's Church, North Audley Street, London). Parish of St Benedict Ealing Abbey, London, 1974. The Chapel of the Resurrection, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria 1978 Hoarse Memorial Methodist Cathedral, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria 1978 The Cathedral of St David, Kudeti, Ibadan, Nigeria 1984 Chapel of Liverpool Blue Coat School (1906) Chapel of Wrekin College, Wellington 1937

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