| Name of institution |
Scots Uniting Church |
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Type of institution |
Church |
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Street Address |
York Street |
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City |
Albany |
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State |
Western Australia |
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Postcode |
6330 |
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Country |
Australia |
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Name of building |
Scots Uniting Church
Currently (2021) used by the Central Baptist Church, Albany |
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Name of room |
Church sanctuary |
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Dates of the building |
1891-1892 |
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Architect’s and builder’s names |
Designed by a Melbourne architect, Evander McIver (1834-1902) |
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Special architectural features |
The building is prominently positioned and has aesthetic value for its
contribution to the townscape of York Street. The strong gabled form
and restrained detailing of the west front, provides a balanced
composition. The scale of the building and its commanding site
give it a landmark quality. The finely crafted local granite
stonework strengthens the regional character of the street, picking up
from the Town Hall and recently echoed in 1990s Council street works.
The building maintains visual links with the older St John's Church and
Town Hall diagonally opposite. |
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Special fittings |
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Other location information |
The
building belongs to that critical period of progress and development in
Albany that followed the completion of the railway link to Perth. It
was the third Presbyterian Church to be erected in the State and
maintains a close and long association with the history and practice of
Protestant worship in the Town of Albany and the State.
Scots Uniting Church, originally known as the Scots Presbyterian Church, is located
on York Street the main street through the centre of Albany. It is almost opposite St John's Anglican Church,
giving a quiet atmosphere along the busy street.
Built to a Victorian Academic Gothic style, it is mostly constructed of finely crafted local granite
and topped with a corrugated iron roof.
The church has a strongly gabled form with rendered buttresses
and heavily timbered doors. Originally a Presbyterian church, it was the third Presbyterian congregation
in Western Australia, commencing in January 1889. Services were originally held in the Albany Town Hall
and the Penny Post buildings until the church was completed. The Melbourne architect Evander McIver
was asked to draw up plans and W. Sangster was contracted to complete the construction.
The foundation stone was laid in November 1891, with the building completed and opened in March 1892.
The total cost of the building was £1416.
In 1969 a hall, kitchen, vestry and two rooms were added to the building and constructed from brick.
The name of the church was changed in 1977 when the Presbyterian church amalgamated with other churches
to form the Uniting Church in Australia. |
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Name of contact |
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| Mailing Address |
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| Telephone |
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| Email |
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| Previous organ(s) |
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| Date of previous organ |
None |
| Detail of previous organ |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken |
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| Dates of any moves that have taken place |
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| Variations from original design of organ |
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Information on previous organ |
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Information about comparable instruments to previous organ |
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
Gallery rail |
| Case description |
Display of Pedal Bourdon (metal) overhangs gallery rail |
| Placement in room |
Rear gallery |
| Builder's name |
F.J. Larner & Co., Perth. |
| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
1970 |
| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
Two (2) |
| Key compasses |
CC-ccc |
| Number of keys |
61 |
| Key material |
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| Pedal compass |
CC-f |
| Number of pedals |
30 |
| Pedalboard type |
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| Pedalboard material |
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Electro-magnetic |
| Type of stop action |
Electro-magnetic |
| Couplers |
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| Tremulants |
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| Accessories |
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| Console type |
Stoptab, remote |
| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
Floor of church, left front. |
| General design |
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| Playing aids |
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| Divisions |
Great, Swell, Pedal
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| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
| GREAT |
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| Open Diapason |
8' |
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A |
| Rohr Gedeckt |
8' |
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B |
| Viola da Gamba |
8' |
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C |
| Principal |
4' |
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A |
| Rohr Flute |
4' |
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B |
| Gemshorn |
2' |
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C |
| Mixture 26:29 |
II |
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D |
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| SWELL |
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| Rohr Gedeckt |
8' |
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B |
| Viola da Gamba |
8' |
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C |
| Voix Celeste |
8' |
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E |
| Rohr Flute |
4' |
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B |
| Viola Octave |
4' |
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C |
| Nasat |
2-2/3' |
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D |
| Flautina |
2 |
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B |
Tierce
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1-3/5' |
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B |
| Octavin |
1' |
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C |
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| PEDAL |
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| Bourdon |
16' |
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B |
| Principal |
8' |
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A |
| Bass Flute |
8' |
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B |
| Fifteenth |
4' |
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A |
| Choral Bass |
4' |
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B |
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| Total number of stops |
21
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| Total number of ranks |
4 ranks extended and short rank for Nazard and Mixture
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| Total number of pipes |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
Enlarged with addition of Celeste rank in 1985 by F.J. Larner & Co. |
| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
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| Information on current organ |
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| Comparable instruments to current
organ |
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| Current status |
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| Assessment of organ |
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| Other organs by this builder |
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Photographs |
Photographs of church from Albany Gateway
and Wickipedia |
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Technical documents |
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| General documents |
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Supporting information |
Historical information from
Register of Heritage Places
Historical information from
State Heritage WA
Other local information from
Sensational South Coast |
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| Document control |
Original entries J R Elms, OAM,
Gazetteer of Western Australian Pipe Organs, 1971, 1999,2003 and 2004.
This entry D B Duncan 23 Nov 2008.
Additional information collected during site visit by Bruce Duncan 12 Jan 2009.
Updated specification from Patrick Elms 04 Jan 2011.
Revision of historical information by Bruce Duncan 03 Jan 2021
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