The Loughborough Bell Foundry
The ancient unringable 10 cwt ring of five that hang in Norton Bavant Tower is the work of four different founders and the bells date between circa 1380 and 1894. The bells are tuned as the front five of a ring of six. The bells are to be removed from the tower and will be […]
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The 7 cwt ring of six bells in this tower is the work of Thomas II Mears and dates fropm 1838. The bells are to be removed to Loughborough for conservation, cleaning and tuning. New cast iron ringing headstocks will be manufactured and fitted before the bells are rehung in their existing 1838 bell frame […]
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The single bell from this neo-classical church will be removed from its bell cote and brought back to Loughborough for conservation. New traditional fittings will be manufactured for stationary chiming before the bell is rehung at Little Gidding.
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This beautiful Berkshire church houses an unringable 10 cwt ground floor ring of six. The bells hang in an ancient oak frame made by James Smith in 1680, and apart from the 5th which is a Taylor recast from 1930, all the bells originate from the Ellis/Knight Foundry and date between 1619 & 1704. All […]
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Following the disastrous fire at this church last year which completely gutted the tower, the 11cwt ring of eight was safely lowered to the floor and brought to the Foundry for safe keeping. The bells were a mixed ring, three by Thomas Lester dated 1739, three by Mears & Stainbank dated 1919, and two by […]
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The PCC of this church has placed an order for their unringable ring of three (tenor 6 cwts) to be removed from the tower and be brought to Loughborough for conservation. The bells date from 1325, 1671 & 1746, and have not been rung for some time. New hardwood headstocks will be manufactured and fitted […]
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This town clock tower was built in 1936 and in that year Taylor’s cast a diatonic chime of five bells and Smith’s of Derby manufactured a clock mechanism capable of playing the nursery rhyme “Girls & boys come out to play”. The clock tower is to undergo restoration and while this is ongoing, the bells […]
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The single bell from this church will be removed and brought to Loughborough for conservation work and for the manufacture of new traditional fittings for chiming. The bell will then be rehung by our bell hangers.
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