St Jude's Church, Alphington – drawing by Richardson & Wood, architects
[The Herald, 25 August 1913, p.3]
Historical and Technical Documentation by John Maidment
© OHTA (last updated January 2025)
St Jude's Church, Alphington – drawing by Richardson & Wood, architects
[The Herald, 25 August 1913, p.3]
Historical and Technical Documentation by John Maidment
© OHTA (last updated January 2025)
St Jude's Church was dedicated on 21 March 1914. It was built at a cost of £1500.1 It was designed in a Gothic style and built in red brick; the architects were Richardson & Wood, of the Stock Exchange, Melbourne.2 The building was sold in 1999 and the contents dispersed.
St Jude's Church, Alphington – organ case
[photograph by John Maidment (1999)]
The organ was one of the first constructed by Hill, Norman & Beard after the cessation of the war and included many earlier components, such as the slider windchests, pipework and console fittings. The case, in Australian hardwood, with some discrete carvings, was probably designed by the firm's managing-director W.A.F. Brodie. After the closure of the church, the organ was removed by Australian Pipe Organs Pty Ltd, but sadly it was not possible to install it elsewhere and the parts remain in storage.
| GREAT Open Diapason Dulciana Principal Swell Sub Octave to Great Swell to Great Swell Octave to Great |
8 8 4 |
1-12 open wood |
| SWELL Violin Diapason Lieblich Gedeckt Flute Horn Sub Octave Octave Tremulant |
8 8 4 8 |
a tapered Gemshorn |
| PEDAL Bourdon Bass Flute Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal |
16 8 |
A A |
Compass: 61/30
Electro-pneumatic action
Attached stopkey console
Balanced mechanical swell pedal3
St Jude's Church, Alphington – console
[photograph by John Maidment (1999)]
St Jude's Church, Alphington – interior of organ
[photograph by John Maidment (1999)]
1 Heidelberg News…, 28 March 1914, p.3
2 The Herald, 25 August 1913, p.3
3 Specification noted 1999 John Maidment