The bulk of the organ at St Mark's Church in Bredbury near Stockport, was originally built by William Hill and Son in 1906 for Cross Hills Congregational Church in Blackburn, Lancashire. In 1963 the organ was moved here and installed by the John Compton Organ Company Ltd which included the installation of a new detached console.

It is interesting to see how closely the console design resembles that of the cinema organs which Comptons were famous for building in the 1920s and 1930s. Less noticeable in the videos but more obvious when seated at the organ is many similarities in design between this console and that of the 357 and 363 'electrone' models which were in production at this time and now the mainstay of the Compton company with pipes being the exception.

The specification reads:

PEDAL
Open Diapason 16'
Bourdon 16'
Quint 10.2/3'
Octave 8'
Bass Flute 8'
Flute 4' *
Trombone 16' *
Trumpet 8' *

CHOIR
Lieblich Gedact 8'
Dulciana 8'
Suabe Flute 4'
Nazard 2.2/3' *
Flautina 2' *
Tierce 1.3/5' *
Larigot 1.1/3' *
Sifflote 1' *
Clarinet 8'
Trumpet 8'

GREAT
Double Diapason 16'
Open Diapason 8'
Hohl Flute 8'
Principal 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3' *
Fifteenth 2'
Mixture III *
Trombone 16' *
Trumpet 8' *

SWELL
Open Diapason 8'
Echo Gamba 8'
Voix Celeste 8'
Rohr Flute 8'
Gemshorn 4'
Mixture III
Horn 8'
Oboe 8'

* denotes stops added by Compton in 1963

GENERAL
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
Swell to Choir
Swell to Great
Swell Sub Octave
Swell Octave
Tremulant (affects all divisions)

ACCESSORIES
4 thumb pistons to Choir
4 thumb pistons to Great
4 thumb pistons to Swell duplicated by toe pistons
4 toe pistons to Pedal
4 coupler canceller thumb pistons
2 reversible toe pistons
Double touch canceller to each department