Emily Petherick - Coniston, Cumbria, England, UK.
N 54° 22.132 W 003° 04.519
30U E 495106 N 6024565
The organ in St Andrew's Church, on Hawkshead Road in Coniston was installed in memory of Emily Petherick.
Waymark Code: WMZW4M
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/12/2019
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The Parish Church of St Andrew is in the Diocese of Carlisle, and is located on Hawkshead Road in Coniston.
The Grade II Listed building was designed by J. Matson and was built in 1819. It is constructed of slate with ashlar dressings and slate roof. The building features a west tower with embattled parapet, clock and paired stone-louvred bell openings. (
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In 1907 an organ loft was erected and an organ installed. The organ was given as a gift to the church by Margaret Barratt of Holywath in loving memory of her mother Emily Petherick.
A plaque on the organ is inscribed as follows;
'TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THIS ORGAN IS THE GIFT OF MARGARET BARRATT OF HOLYWATH
IN LOVING MEMORY OF HER MOTHER EMILY PETHERICK
NOVEMBER 1908'
The organ was manufactured by organ makers Harrison & Harrison of Durham & London.
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The organ is listed in the Harrison & Harrison Catalogue of Organs as the following;
'Coniston, St Andrew’s Church Date of installation - 1908 Size - II/9' (
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"The present church replaced an earlier church of 1586 built by William Le Fleming. The chancel and the low bays were added in 1891. The Baptistry West window of St Andrew has stained glass by Charles Kempe.
Many of the features in the Church worthy of mention refer back to the patrons and benefactors of Coniston – the Le Fleming family, who built Coniston Hall in 1270, and who have remained there until recent times, and the Barratt family who established themselves in Coniston in the 1820’s to develop the copper mines."
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