Pontville
B. Bevington & Sons, London; inst. present loc. 1888.
Res. 1958 R. Greaves for J.W. Walker & Sons.
1 manual, 5 speaking stops, pedal pulldowns, mechanical action
St Mark's was designed by the colonial architect James Blackburn in a distinctive neo-Norman style and built between 1839 and 1841 by Joseph Moir at a cost of approximately £2,600. It is constructed from local Brighton stone. The main façade incorporates a central Norman doorway flanked by raking arcades and low towers. The interior includes elaborately carved furniture by Hobart woodcarver Ernest Osborne [1].
The organ was built by Bevington & Sons, London and installed at Pontville in 1888, although it may well date from before 1880 as the signature J. Goss (possibly the English organist Sir John Goss, died 1880?) appears on the casework. Restoration work was carried out in 1958 by R. Greaves, of J.W. Walker & Sons, and in 1981 the façade pipes were re-diapered [2].
MANUAL Open Diapason 8 Stopt Diap bass 8 CC-BB Clarabella 8 Ten C Dulciana 8 Ten C Principal 4 Piccolo 2
8 compass: 56/24
8 CC-BB pedal pulldowns
8 Ten. C mechanical action [3]
[1] St Mark's, Pontville: a visitors' guide to this historic church. New Norfolk: Derwent Printery, n.d., p.4.
[2] Clark & Johnson, op. cit., p.84.
[3] Spec. noted John Maidment 1970.
