St Paul's Anglican Church
Cobbity Road, Cobbity

William Davidson 1876 (1/8 mechanical)

From SOJ March 1978:

One of the earliest intact church buildings in the state can be found at Cobbity, about four miles west of Camden. Saint Paul's Church was built to the designs of architects Verge & Bibb and consecrated in 1842. The design is in a restrained Gothic style, with the spire its most unusual feature. This is punched with round apertures at regular intervals. The organ, which is still installed in the rear gallery, is by the Sydney builder William Davidson and dates from 1876. Few of Davidson's organs remain unscathed; another single-manual instrument by him can be found at St. James' Church, Morpeth, in the Hunter Valley.

The specification is:

Manual Open Diapason Stopped Diapason Keraulophon Principal Flute Twelfth Fifteenth Pedal Bourdon

8 8 8 4 4 2-2/3 2 16

Manual to pedal coupler
Mechanical action

Photo: Trevor Bunning (Nov. 2007)