James Jepson Binns

Binns organ in St Aidan's Church, Leeds, 1896

James Jepson Binns (1855–1928) was a pipe-organ builder based in Leeds

Organs

Pipe organs at the following locations were either built or rebuilt by James Jepson Binns or his JJ Binns company. A number of these buildings have been demolished and the organs broken up or destroyed. Many original Binns organs in this list have been subsequently rebuilt by other organ builders.

• Albert Hall, Nottingham has an organ built by Binns in 1909, replacing a Brindley & Foster destroyed by fire
• All Saints' Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, the 1890 Hill organ was rebuilt by Binns in 1916
• Baillie Street Methodist Church in Rochdale, 1892. Building demolished, but organ acquired by Christ Church, Worthing in 1967
• Christ Church, Patricroft, 1896.
• Christ Church, Great Ayton, Build date uncertain, possibly around 1899
• Christ Church, Worthing, acquired from Baillie Street Methodist Church in Rochdale in 1967 and rebuilt by Percy Daniel & Co. Ltd. in 1970
• Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, work on the 1902 Vincent and Co. organ by Binns, Fitton and Haley in 1931
• Farnsfield Parish Church of St. Michael has a JJ Binns organ.
• Fulneck Moravian Church, 1930 work on 1748 Schnetzler organ
• Galston Parish Church, Ayrshire, 1913
• Gilcomston South Church, has an organ built by Binns in 1902
• Providence United Reformed Church, New Mills, Derbyshire 1914
• Jesmond Parish Church, Tyneside (also known as Clayton Memorial Church), rebuilt in 1913 with four manuals, but contains pipework from an earlier T.C. Lewis organ
• Jesus College Chapel, Oxford, 1899
• Kingsway Hall, Holborn, London, 1912
• Queens' College, Cambridge
• St Aidan's Church, Leeds 1896
• St. Bartholomew's Church, Barrow
• St. Catherine's Church, Ventnor
• St. Dunstan's Church, Benoni, South Africa The Ben Dijkman Organ was originally built in the 1870's by James Jepson Binns in Leeds and installed in the NG Kerk in Queenstown. In 1925 it was brought to Benoni for the Dutch Reformed Church in Benoni. They sold it to St. Dunstan's in 1948 and it had to be totally rebuilt and enlarged in 1961 when the church was extended. Approximately one-third of the present pipework and most of the air-chests are original, however, the case is new. Christian Ganser was the Organ Builder.
• St. Laurence's Church, Frodsham (also recorded as St. Lawrence's), 1882-3 and rebuilt by J.J. Binns company in 1923
• St. Laurence's Church, Norwell, Nottinghamshire, 1908
• St. Mary's Church, Astbury, built in 1912 for King's Hall, Stoke, but presented to St. Mary's by Stoke City Council in 1962 and rebuilt and installed by Reeves & Merner
• St. Paul's Church, Boughton
• St. Peter's Church, Harrogate, work on 1879 Schulze organ
• Stoke Minster, 1899 moved from private residence by unknown organ builder in 1927
• St. John's Church, Haifa, Israel, 1914.