Thomas Swarbrick
Organ case in St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham by Thomas Swarbrick of 1715
Thomas Swarbrick (c. 1675 – c. 1753) (sometime Schwarbrook) was an organ builder active in England in the eighteenth century.[1]
History[]
He learned his trade as an apprentice to the famous builder Renatus Harris. He appears to be working on his own by 1706 when he rebuilt an organ in St Alphege’s Church, Greenwich.[2]
His most famous organ is that in St Michael’s Church, Coventry of 1733.[3]
His nephew, Henry Swarbrick, was organist of Hereford Cathedral from 1720 to 1754.
Works[]
- 1703 St Saviour's Church, Southwark
- 1705 All Saints' Church, Northampton
- 1706 St Alphege’s Church, Greenwich
- 1710 Residence of Other Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth, Bromsgrove
- 1713 St Nicholas' Church, Bristol
- 1714 St Michael's Church, Minehead
- 1715 St Philip's Church, Birmingham
- 1716 St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury
- 1717 St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Warwick
- 1718 St Cuthbert's Church, Wells[4]
- 1719 Vicar's Hall, Wells
- 1723 St Mary Magdalene's Church, Launceston
- 1725 St Martin's Church, Birmingham (transferred to St. Alphege's Church, Solihull)
- 1731 Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon
- 1732 Southwell Minster
- 1733 St Michael's Church, Coventry
- 1735 Lincoln Cathedral (repairs)[5]
- 1736 Magdalen College, Oxford[6]
- 1737 St Nicholas Church, Stanford on Avon
- 1739 St Thomas' Church, Salisbury
- 1740 Lichfield Cathedral
- 1742 St Mary's Church, Nottingham (case now in Church of St Peter and St Paul, Uppingham)
- 1744 Christ Church, Bristol
- 1744 Church of St Peter and St Paul, Shepton Mallet
- 1752 Worcester Cathedral (repairs)
References[]
- ^ The English Organ. Stephen Bicknell. Cambridge University Press. 1999
- ^ The Organ: An Encyclopedia. Douglas Earl Bush, Richard Kassel. Psychology Press, 2006
- ^ The Organ. Hopkins and Rimbault. 1855
- ^ A Provincial Organ Builder in Victorian England: William Sweetland of Bath. Gordon D. W. Curtis, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2011
- ^ A History of Lincoln Minster, Dorothy Owen, CUP Archive, 1994
- ^ The Lives and Works of William and Philip Hayes, Simon Heighes. Taylor & Francis, 1995
Categories:
- Organ builders of the United Kingdom