Nigel Church was a British organ builder based in Stamfordham, Northumberland from 1971 to 1998
He started building organs as Church and Company in Stamfordham in 1971 and concentrated on new build organs with mechanical action.
Although some restoratons of older organs were undertaken (mostly in the area around Durham near their workshop) Church's small organ-building company gradually became best known for effective design of small organs (of one or two manuals) in the neo-baroque style then fashionable, often featuring modernist architectural design and casework - in strong contrast to the elaborate, noble and grand post-Victorian aesthetics of most of Britain's organ stock. As such, the firm's legacy constitutes a modest but important ingredient in the spread of the 20th Century European Organ reform movement into the UK.
The firm ceased trading in 2000. Many of Church's organs are still in regular use.
Newcastle Royal Grammar School 1973
St Willibrord with All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne 1974
St Paul’s Church, Winlaton, Durham 1974
All Saints’ Church, The Oval, Pin Green, Stevenage 1974
St Michael's Church, Breaston 1975 now in English Martyrs Church, Alvaston, Derbyshire
St James and St Basil’s Church, Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne 1975
The Church of the Holy Saviour, Lemington, Tyne and Wear 1975
Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall 1976 then at Sedbergh School - now at SS Peter & Paul RC Church, Lincoln
St George’s Church, Hartlepool 1976
Trent College Chapel, Nottingham 1976
St Matthew’s Church, Newcastle upon Tyne 1977
St Giles' Church, Sandiacre 1977
St Mary's Church, Disley, Cheshire 1977
Saxon Church, Escomb, Durham 1977
St Peter ad Vincula, Thornaby-on-Tees 1978
St Michael's church, Coxwold, North Yorkshire 1978
Church of Our Lady and St Columba, Wallsend 1979
St Helen’s Church, Hoveton, Norfolk 1979
St John of Beverley School, Beverley, Humberside 1979
St Robert of Newminster, Morpeth, Northumberland 1980
United Reformed Church, Aston Tirrold, Berkshire 1980
St Edward the Confessor, Dringhouses, Yorkshire 1980
St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne 1981
Houston and Killellan Kirk, Strathclyde 1981
St Joseph’s Church, Cookham Road, Maidenhead 1981
St Hugh of Lincoln, Timperley, Greater Manchester 1981
Hartley Hall of Residence, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester 1981
St Mary’s Church, Harborne, Birmingham 1982
St James’ Church, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh 1982
St Mary Magdalene's Church, Trimdon 1982
Priory Church of St Hilda, Sneaton Castle 1983
St Mary the Virgin, Denham, Buckinghamshire 1983
Lylesand Church Paisley, Strathclyde 1983
St Alban’s Church, Chester Road, Macclesfield 1983
Arley Hall Chapel, Cheshire 1983
St George’s Church, Wigan 1984
All Saints’ Church, Friern Barnet, London 1984
Liverpool Cathedral 1984
Christ Church, Chilwell 1984
Holy Trinity Church, Old Bewick 1986
Barnard Castle School Chapel, Durham 1986
55 Courthill Avenue, Glasgow 1987
Chetham’s School, Greater Manchester 1987
St Thomas of Aquin and Stephen Harding, Market Drayton 1987
Birmingham Conservatoire 1987
St Joseph’s Church, Westgate, Wetherby 1987
