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Rushworth and Dreaper was a firm of organ builders based in
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Upon its bankruptcy, its archives were mostly destroyed, and the Victorian clock in the works tower was removed. The premises are now occupied by
Henry Willis & Sonsthumb|250px|St Bees Priory organ, the last major instrument to be personally supervised by "Father" Henry Willis, 1899Henry Willis & Sons is a British firm of pipe organ builders founded in 1845 in Liverpool. Although most of their installations have been in the UK, examples can be found in other...
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Organs built by the company (in date order)
- St Oswald's Church, Winwick
St Oswald's Church, Winwick, is in the village of Winwick to the north of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the...
, 1838.
- St Mary's Church, Knowsley
St Mary's Church, Knowsley is in Knowsley Lane, Knowsley Village, Merseyside, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Liverpool and the deanery of Huyton...
, 1913.
- Liverpool Collegiate Institution
The Liverpool Collegiate Institution is a former school in Liverpool, England.It opened its doors to pupils on 6 January 1843. The Institution was a day school for boys, sons of middle class Liverpudlians, and aimed to provide them with a suitable education encompassing instruction in the...
, 1913.
- Eastcliffe Congregational Church, Bournemouth, 1914.
- St Barnabas' Church, Bromborough
St Barnabas' Church, Bromborough is in the town of Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building, and stands within the boundary of the Bromborough Village Conservation Area...
, 1923.
- St Hildeburgh's Church, Hoylake, 1924?
- St Andrew's Church, West Kirby
St Andrew's Church, West Kirby, is located in Meols Drive, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Wirral North...
, 1925.
- St. Laurence and All Saints Church, Eastwood
St. Laurence and All Saints is a Grade I listed medieval church in the parish of Eastwood, Essex, England which has been under threat from plans to expand London Southend Airport....
, Essex, 1925
- St Michael's & All Angels Church, Windmill Hill, Bedminster, Bristol, 1927 - Opening recital by Mr W. Maynard Rushworth.
- Malvern Priory, 1927.
- The Queen's College, Oxford
The Queen's College, founded 1341, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Queen's is centrally situated on the High Street, and is renowned for its 18th-century architecture...
, 1931.
- Christ's Hospital
Christ's Hospital is an English coeducational independent day and boarding school with Royal Charter located in the Sussex countryside just south of Horsham in Horsham District, West Sussex, England...
School chapel, Horsham, 1931.
- All Hallows Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire, 1935
- St. Margaret's Church, Aspley
St. Margaret's Church, Aspley is a parish church in the Church of England in Aspley, Nottingham.-External links:*-Source:*The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire, Nikolaus Pevsner...
, 1936.
- St. Cuthberts Church Brislington Bristol, 1937.
- St. Michael and All Angels Church, Bassett
St. Michael and All Angels Church, Bassett, Southampton is an Anglican parish church which dates from the late 19th century.-Location:The church is situated on the eastern side of Bassett Avenue, Southampton, described by Pevsner & Lloyd as "part of the splendid tree-lined route into Southampton...
, HampshireHampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
, 1937.
- Holy Cross Church, Woodchurch
Holy Cross Church, Woodchurch is in Woodchurch, an area of Birkenhead, Wirral, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Birkenhead. The church is a Grade II* listed building.-History:The fabric of the nave...
, 1938.
- St John's Church, Wainfelin, 1938.
- Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling 1940.
- All Saints Church, Clifton
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, Bristol, 1946 (the previous organ built by "Harrison & Harrison" was destroyed by German bombing in 1940).
- St Peter's Church, Heswall
St Peter's Church, Heswall is in the town of Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Wirral...
, 1947.
- Heathfield Road Welsh Presbyterian Church Liverpool 1950 Dismantled November 2010 and moved by private owner to Mid Wales for restoration
- Royal Memorial Chapel, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
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1950
- The Great Hall, Goldsmiths College, London.
- St. Saviour's Church, Oxton.
- St Mary the Virgin, Hennock, Devon
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, 1954.
- St Andrew's Church, Plymouth
St Andrew's Church, Plymouth is an Anglican church in Plymouth. It is the original parish church of Sutton, one of the three towns which were later combined to form the city of Plymouth. The church is the largest parish church in the historic county of Devon and was built in the mid to late 15th...
, 1957.
- St.Martin's Baguley, Manchester, 1960.
- Guildford Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, Guildford is the Anglican cathedral at Guildford, Surrey, England.-Construction:Guildford was made a diocese in its own right in 1927, and work on its new cathedral, designed by Sir Edward Maufe, began nine years later, with the foundation stone being laid...
, 1961.
- Liverpool Philharmonic, 1961.
- St Michael & All Saints, Hawkshead
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, Cumbria, 1965.
- Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and Saint Nicholas [Galway Cathedral], Galway, Republic of Ireland, 1966
Church of the Ascension, Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1966
- Mold Parish Church, 1972.
- Holy Trinity Brompton Church
Holy Trinity Brompton with St Paul's, Onslow Square is an Anglican church in Brompton, London, United Kingdom. The church consists of three church buildings, HTB Brompton Road, HTB Onslow Square and HTB Queen's Gate, as well as being the home for Worship Central, St Paul's Theological Centre and...
, London, 1974 (formerly the organ was at St. Mark's Church, North Audley Street, London).
- Parish of St Benedict Ealing Abbey
Ealing Abbey is a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastic foundation in West London, England, and part of the English Benedictine Congregation.-History:...
, London, 1974.
- The Chapel of the Resurrection, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria 1978
- The Cathedral of St David, Kudeti, Ibadan, Nigeria 1984
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