Church Organ - All Saints Church - Sudbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, UK. - Musical Instruments on Waymarking.com

All Saints Church is an Anglican Church in the Diocese of Derby. The church is located adjacent to Sudbury Hall ancestral home of the Vernon family now owned by the National Trust.

All Saints Church is a Grade II* listed building. A detailed description by British Listed Buildings can be seen at the following link: (visit link)

There has been a church at Sudbury since before the Domesday survey, although the church as it stands now was rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries. The church was later enlarged and restored in the 19th century. The Norman south doorway and a small window in the chapel remain.
The Church was extensively restored by the 6th Lord Vernon's architect, George Devey, in 1873-83. The tower was raised, windows replaced and pews installed. There are fine family monuments in the church, some dating from as early as the 1600s. A church has existed on this site since the Early Middle Ages.
The east window was a gift from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, as Queen Adelaide had lived at Sudbury Hall.
The church contains numerous memorials and monuments of the Vernon family. One particularly touching one is an oval plaque showing two children who died in 1862- they are shown sleeping, with a few trails of blossom surrounding them. Source: (visit link)

"The Organ Chamber on the north wall was built in the 19th Century to provide accommodation for the school children; the organ was moved into this space from the Vernon Chapel in the restoration of 1875, and is now considered to be one of the finest small organs in Derbyshire." Source: (visit link)

The National Pipe Organ Register lists the following information about the organ.;

Derbyshire Sudbury,
All Saints [N00489]
Postcode:DE6
Anglican Parish Church
Grid ref: SK1632
Survey date: 1988

Builders
c1870/80 Nicholson & Lord Walsall

c1960 Conacher
Overhauled

1995 Peter Collins Melton Mowbray
Restored (reported as 2 manuals and pedals - no further details)

Cases
Position N nave aisle
Type Pipe Rack
Grey pipe front

SOURCE: (visit link)

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