FINCHAM ORGAN - ST GEORGE-THE-MARTYR ANG
File Number:
B6325
Level:
Regional
Location:
Hobson & Mercer Streets QUEENSCLIFF
Address:
Hobson & Mercer Streets QUEENSCLIFF 3225 VIC
Municipality: Borough Of Queenscliffe
Statement of Cultural Heritage Significance:
Statement of Significance. A single-manual instrument of six speaking stops built in 1871 by George Fincham, of Richmond, for St Philip's Church, Collingwood and among the earliest intact examples of his work to survive. It is of particular note for its decorated facade pipes, thought to be the most elaborate early indigenous decorative scheme to survive. It is also unusual for a small organ in that the grained oak casework includes metal pipes of 8ft speaking length.