George Pike England
George Pike England (ca.1765 – February 1815) was an English organ builder who was among the most prominent in England during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.[1]
Life
He was the son of organ builder
Career
He left a list of the organs he built in an extant account book. They are those of:
- St. George's Chapel; Portsmouth Common, 1788
- St James's Church, Clerkenwell, and Fetter Lane Chapel, 1790
- Adelphi Chapel, 1791
- Gainsborough Church, Lincolnshire, 1793
- Newington Church, Surrey, and Blandford Forum Church, 1794
- St Peter's, Carmarthen, 1796
- St Margaret Lothbury, 1801
- Sardinian Embassy Chapel, Lincoln's Inn, London, 1802 (demolished)
- Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, 1803
- Sheffield Parish Church, St. Philip's, Birmingham, and St Martin Outwich, 1805
- Hinckley Parish Church, 1808
- St Thomas' Church, Stourbridge; Richmond, Yorkshire; Lancaster Priory, 1809
- Shiffnall, Salop, and Ulverston, 1811
- St Mary's Church, Islington, 1812
The 1809 organ at St Mary the Virgin, Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire is also attributed to him.[2]
England built an organ for Salisbury Cathedral which proved to be insufficiently powerful, and in 1792 was reinstalled in St Denys' Church, Warminster, Wiltshire.[3][4] Its organ case is described by Pevsner as "a delightful piece".[5]
For a short while before his death, Joseph William Walker (1802–1870) was apprenticed to him.[6] Walker later founded the company of J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd.
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/odnb/9780192683120.001.0001/odnb-9780192683120-e-8807 (inactive 31 January 2024). Retrieved 12 January 2019.)
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link - ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bishops Cannings (1193298)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 8 pp 117-124 – Warminster: Church". British History Online. University of London. 1965. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Parish Church of St Denys (1364460)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ISBN 0-14-0710-26-4.
- ^ Historic organs of New South Wales. Graeme David Rushworth. 1988