CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN CHURCH, BEECHWORTH

The nave of Christ Church, designed by James Dobbyn, was opened in 1859 and the massive tower and apse followed in 1864, the latter designed by noted Melbourne architect Leonard Terry and all constructed from local granite in the Early-English Gothic style. The interior includes stained glass windows in the sanctuary by William Montgomery, of Melbourne. The building is classified by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria). In 1955, Louis Williams supervised restoration after storm damage and in 1958 a wooden vestry was added.

The organ was built by William Anderson, of Melbourne. It was installed at St George's Catholic Church, Carlton in 1882 and placed in its present location in 1887, where it survives with little alteration, apart from the overpainting of the façade pipes, which are wooden dummies. It is a rare example of Anderson's work that has not sustained major alteration. The church is seeking to have the instrument carefully restored.

MANUAL
Open Diapason 8 wood bass
Stopped Diapason Bass 8 CC-Ten.F#
Stopped Diapason Treble 8 Ten.G
Dulciana 8 Ten.G
Principal 4
Flute 4
Twelfth 2-2/3
Fifteenth 2
Great to Pedals

PEDAL
Bourdon 16

Compass: 58/30
Attached drawknob console
3 composition pedals
Mechanical action throughout

Colin Holden, Church in a Landscape: A History of the Diocese of Wangaratta. Armadale, Vic.: Circa Books, 2002, pp.15, 19, 272.

Gladys Marie Moore, Louis Reginald Williams (thesis submitted … for degree of Master of Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning, University of Melbourne, August 2001)

Victorian Churches, edited by Miles Lewis. Melbourne: National Trust of Australia (Victoria), 1991, p.101