Thomas Swarbrick
Thomas Swarbrick (sometimes Schwarbrook; c. 1675 – c. 1753) was an organ builder active in England in the eighteenth century.
History
He learned his trade as an apprentice of the famous builder Renatus Harris. He appeared to be working on his own by 1706, when he rebuilt an organ in St Alphege’s Church, Greenwich.
His most famous organ is that in St Michael’s Church, Coventry of 1733.
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
- 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)
- 1736: Magdalen College, Oxford
- 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