Organ Encasement: Drawing 1898, erected 1916. St Catherine's Church, Canton

Description

This shows the architect’s design for the original wooden encasement for the organ created by Harris and Harisson of Durham in 1898. Brass plate records: ‘To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Edward John Poole this screen was erected by his children 1916’ Since then it has been restored and reassembled by Hele & Co of Plymouth in 1936. In 1977 it was renovated again by David Balch of Cardiff (Cambrian Organ Building Co) when a new console was installed behind the choir stalls on the south side of the chancel.