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St. Peter's Anglican Church, Sandy Bay, Tasmania
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Sandy Bay St Peter
The Mariners Church, Franklin Wharf
Moved to Sandy Bay in 1918 and renamed as St. Peter's Anglican Church

Sandy Bay St Peter
Former St Peters Anglican Church, Sandy Bay, Tasmania.
The church is now operated by the Wellspring Anglican Church.


Sandy Bay St Peter

Sandy Bay St Peter
PaulHufner stands beside the console of the organ for St Peter's, Sandy Bay.
This was Hufner's first of three organs to Tasmania and the woodwork is in Tasmanian Oak.

Sandy Bay St Peter

Property
Name of institution   St. Peter's Anglican Church
Type of institution0   Church
Street Address   cnr Grosvenor and Lord Streets
City   Sandy Bay
State   Tasmania
Postcode   7005
Country   Australia
Name of building   St. Peter's Anglican Church
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Dates of the building   Mariners’ Church was officially opened on Wednesday 3 June 1863
In 1917 the church was dismantled and rebuilt at Sandy Bay
Register of Heritage Places  
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Architect   Clive Lord
Builder   Gilham Bros

Special architectural features and fittings  

Other location information   Originally the Mariners' (or Seafarers) Church at Franklin Wharf, Hobart, the building was taken apart stone by stone and resited in 1918 in Sandy Bay and renamed St Peters Anglican Church.

The removal and reconstruction of the Mariners Church at Lord Street was described in a report in the Hobart Mercury in February 1918:
“On Saturday afternoon, in warm, sunny weather, there was a large gathering at the laying of the foundation-stone by His Excellency the Governor of a new Anglican church in Lord-street, Sandy Bay. It is, in fact, to be a re-erection of the old Mariners' Church, removed from the Hobart Wharf, it having been purchased for that purpose at the instance of the rector of St. George's (Rev. Donald Baker)….When re-erected, it will be called the Church of St. Peter's. The purchase was effected from the Marine Board, for £50, which sum was generously given for the purpose by Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Pearce. The stone was carted to the new site, one of the golf links estate allotments. The supply of stone will prove sufficient for re-erection, excepting that part of one sidewall will be of brick, it is hoped that at some future date funds will permit to increase the accommodation from about 200 to 500 people by adding two transepts and substituting a new chancel, with a Sunday schoolroom as a separate building”.

“The architect is Mr. Clive Lord. Messrs. Gilham Bros, the contractors, with Mr. E. Slevin clerk of works; the contract price for removal of the old church and re-erection being £1,150, exclusive of the cost of new seatings and fittings, towards which a lectern has been promised by Mr. Clive Lord, and the contract is to be completed by the 1st July next. The foundation or memorial stone was laid at the western angle of the building with a vacuum beneath it, into which were deposited the papers, etc., found under the memorial stone of the church as it stood at the bottom of Elizabeth-street….”.

“His Excellency, in performing the ceremony of laying the stone used a silver trowel (bearing an inscription) and mallet, the mallet and trowel handle having been made out of wood taken out of the old Mariners' Church, and were presented to him by the architect in a handsome case. After the ceremony, afternoon tea was served under a spacious tent on the ground by the wives of the building committee…”.


The Church of St Peter was dedicated and opened in July 1918.

The purchase of the Mariners Church by Mr and Mrs Pearce was a gesture in memory of their son, 2nd Lt Clyde Bowman Pearce, who was killed in action at Messines in 1917. The location of St Peter’s near the former Sandy Bay golf links was a fitting memorial as the young Pearce had been a talented golfer and in 1908 was the first Australian born man to win the Australian Open.

The plan to build St Peter’s transepts did not eventuate however the church’s vestry was rebuilt and enlarged in 1970. A Sunday School and Parish Hall was built alongside the church in 1924.

St Peter’s was renamed Wellspring Anglican Church following the merger of three evangelical Anglican churches in Hobart to create a single modern church. A consequence of the merger was the creation of the new parish of BayWest in 1998 combining Sandy Bay and West Hobart parishes.

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Previous organ(s)
Date of previous organ   19th Century

Detail of previous organ  

Said to have been built in the 19th century by Richard Nicholson, Rochdale; also at some time said to have been built by William Reed, Huddersfield, England.

Great organ of 58 notes, Swell of 35 notes.
Pedalboard seems to have been added when the organ was moved to St Peter's church. Mechanical action.

Stoplist:

GREAT
Open Diapason 8'
Stopped Diapason 8'
Principal 4'
Twelfth 2 2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
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SWELL
Stopped Diapason 8'
Keraulophon 8'
Dulciana 8'
Principal 4'
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PEDAL
Bourdon 16'
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Dates when key work has been undertaken   Installed in St Peter's Anglican Church, Sandy Bay, from the residence of The Hon A.O. Sachse, South Yarra,.Vic. Installed by Meadway & Slatterie in 1922 .

Dates of any moves that have taken place   Removed in 1958 by J. Van Emmerick (Church Organist) and later owned by K.G.B. Wilson, Marsh Street, New Town.

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Present organ
Type of installation   Freestanding

Case description   No display pipes, entire organ enclosed in plain casework.

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Builder's name   Paul F. Hufner.

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Date of completion/installation   1958

Construction materials  

Number of manuals   Two (2)

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Type of key action   Electro-magnetic

Type of stop action   Electro-magnetic

Couplers   Swell - Great
Swell - Pedal
Great - Pedal

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Console type   Detached stopkey

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Divisions   Great, Swell, Pedal

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Stop list  
GREAT
Contra Gamba 16'
Open Diapason 8'
Gedeckt 8'
Gamba 8'
Octave Diapason 4'
Flute 4'
Fifteenth 2'
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SWELL
Open Diapason 8'
Gedeckt 8'
Gamba 8'
Flute 4'
Gamba 4'
Nazard Flute 2 2/3'
Piccolo 2'
Tierce 1 3/5'
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PEDAL
Bourdon 16'
Echo Bourdon 16'
Quint Bass 10 2/3'
Open Diapason 8'
Gedeckt 8'
Gamba 8'
Octave Diapason 4'
Gamba 4'
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Total number of stops   23

Total number of ranks   4

Total number of pipes   243

Dates when key work has been undertaken on current organ  

Dates of any moves that have taken place to current organ   Purchased 1981 Brian A. Clark and installed in his residence "Errondelle" at Franklin.

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Assessment of organ and current status   No longer at this location

Other organs by this builder   There are many organs by Paul Hufmer in Western Australia. Please refer to Western Australian Organs Builders Index

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Document control Original entries B A Clarke & J M S Johnson, Pipe Organs of Tasmania.
Additional information from GAZETTEER OF TASMANIAN PIPE ORGANS by John Maidment, revised Oct 2007.
This entry D B Duncan 12 Feb 2009.
Photograph of the church from State Library of Tasmania
Photograph of Paul Hufner making the organ scanned by Megan Rohde from Hufner family records. Supplied by June Westhoff 25 Sep 2010.
Information and photographs from Churches of Tasmania.