St. Oswald's Church, Hinstock

The nave of the church dates from 1719-1720 and the tower is 17th Century despite appearing to be later. The South Aisle was built in 1850 to match the nave and gives the church the appearance of having a double nave.

The organ is of interest being built by Nicholson's in 1906 with a remote console at the front of the church and the instrument at the back. This caused a great deal of trouble, even by the end of it's opening recital only a third of the organ was working. The builders tried for several years to rectify the faults but eventually they gave up and, at their own expense, rebuilt it in 1914. The resulting instrument is still going strong with its pneumatically operated remote console, the only drawback of which is a time lag between pressing a key and the pipe speaking.

 

 

 

 

 

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