The Loughborough Bell Foundry
As well as being a bell foundry we’re also an iron foundry, casting the many components used in our installations. These include head stocks, bearing housings, crown staples, clappers, ceiling bosses and bell frame sides. The raw materials for our cast iron components comes from various sources, including local scrap yards who supply old car […]
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Sunday 13th March on BBC 1 at 1.15 p.m. Taylor’s featured in this Sunday’s Songs of Praise which came from Leicestershire – if you didn’t see it, it’s available on i-player or catchup. If you fancy visiting the Foundry and seeing for yourself how our famous bells are made why not arrange a visit on […]
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The Foundry will re-open again after a well earned rest for our staff over the Christmas & New Year period on Tuesday 4th January at 9.00 a.m. We’re looking forward to 2022 with renewed enthusiasm after the disruption of last year – let’s hope everyone has a better year after the trials of 2021. Email: […]
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SUCCESS IN THE LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLAND HERITAGE AWARDS! The Awards featured projects completed in 2019 & 2020 and were open to all heritage related organisations in Leicestershire & Rutland. Hosted online by former BBC Radio Leicester broadcaster Dave Andrews, the event attracted a large Zoom crowd of representatives from across the county. Around 20 museums […]
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As a part of an efficiency drive various new/refurbished engineering machinery is being purchased to speed up production. With the whole of the Foundry and its contents being Grade 2* Listed, various of our machines form part of the listing, and have to remain in situ. Modern machines work much faster, and this recently arrived […]
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Many followers of this website will be aware that, following Government advice, most of the workforce at the Foundry was furloughed during the worst of the Covid19 epidemic. Work will resume tomorrow (26th May) in line with Government guidelines to allow safe working, and following the C of E announcements enabling contractors to work on […]
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Although it rarely appears in photographs we do have a small foundry behind the main foundry. The small foundry is in use weekly with castings of the many small bells and fittings that are in constant demand. Handbells, longcase clock bells and town crier type bells are regularly cast here, together with the numerous small […]
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Using steam at high pressure to prepare hardwood for being bent into unnatural shapes has long been practiced, and is a regular occurrence in our wood craft workshops. New bell wheels are being manufactured constantly, and old bell wheels come in for re-soling and re-shrouding. After steaming for several hours the wood is clamped into […]
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