The organ was built in 1844 by J.C.Bishop to a design by the organist of St Giles at the time, Samuel Sebastian Wesley. It has three manuals (keyboards) and pedals and has forty-two speaking stops. Apart from a minor restoration in 1961, the organ has remained largely undisturbed since it was first built.

Rumour has it that after the commissioning service for the organ in 1844, Wesley began to improvise a very long and complicated organ voluntary. The Bishop, who wanted to leave the church and attend drinks on the vicarage lawn, paid the organ blowers (who were hand pumping the bellows) half a crown each to stop so that everyone could escape, leaving an irate Wesley with no air to play on.

The organ is still in working condition although it does require attention. In the future, we intend to restore the organ to its former glory.