Usually don't have the opportunity to take to many snaps during the day but, here are a few of one of the oldest churches in the Sydney CBD. St Philips, church hill.
From Wikipedia
"The original church was built by orders of the colony's first chaplain,
Rev Richard Johnson using convict labour in June 1793. The wattle and daub construction church was later burnt down by convicts in 1798.
[3] A second stone church operated on the current site of Lang Park from 1810 to 1856. It was made from poor materials and gained a reputation as "the ugliest church in Christendom". This second church had a 150-feet high, round clock tower.
[4]
The current building on York Street is the second church building on Church Hill (the wattle and daub church was built on the corner of Bligh and Hunter Streets), and was designed by
Edmund Blacket. It was built 1848-56. The church tower was styled after
Magdalen Tower at Oxford, United Kingdom, and was opened in 1856.
Prominent ministers in the life of the church include
William Cowper, his son
William Cowper (the first Australian-born preacher),
[5] T. C. Hammond,
Sydney James Kirkby and former Archbishop of Sydney
Donald Robinson.
The church is also known as York Street Anglican and the current Rector is Justin Moffatt, who was previously at Christ Church,
New York City"
We look after the pipe organ.
From the Sydney Organ Society
"The organ, the second in this church, was built in 1873 and played for the first time on 26 February 1874. It was fully restored in 1987 by Pitchford & Garside Pty Ltd and a Pedal Trombone stop added. The St Philip's organ (the second pipe organ in the present building) was made in London by one of the most illustrious of English organ builders, J.W. Walker & Sons. Over 40 Walker organs came out to New South Wales last century and this is regarded as one of the finest. It was installed in 1873 after a voyage in the sailing ship Ann Duthie. In keeping with this maritime background St Philip's longest serving organist, Mr W. H. Monk (54 years' service), used to row his own dinghy across the harbour to perform his duties.
For a two manual organ, the instrument is extremely well equipped possessing no less than six reed stops. It has many individual ranks of great beauty and its choruses have a satisfying tonal blend, with all the warmth and brilliance of the best English tradition. Further, its voicing makes for remarkable contrapuntal clarity over its entire compass."
Cheers
Deeno
