The Loughborough Bell Foundry
Working with the monks of this Abbey Church a major rehanging of their Spanish bells will take place. The four bells will be lifted from the tower by crane and be taken to the Abbey engineering workshops. The headstocks and other fittings will be restored or replaced with new as necessary, and the bells restored […]
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The single bell at this church is to be removed from its turret and brought back to the Foundry for conservation work and for the manufacture of new fittings for traditional chiming.
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The ancient unringable 7 cwt three at this church are the work of John Wallis and date between 1582 & 1615. The tenor bell is cracked and will be repaired and conservation work will be undertaken. An Ellacombe chiming system will be installed to allow the bells to be sounded after restoration.
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The authorities at this theological college have ordered work to be carried out on their single 21″ diameter Thomas Mears bell of 1837. At present the bell cannot be sounded because its clapper is missing so a new automatic chiming system and hammer will be manufactured and supplied with an Apollo programmable unit so that […]
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Structural work has been commissioned to repair this church tower, and the ring of three (tenor 5 cwts.) needs to be removed while this takes place. The bells hang in an oak bell frame dating from circa 1699 and are classed as unringable at present. Two trap doors will need to be cut through the […]
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The P.C.C. of this Somerset church has placed an order for a major restoration of their bells’ installation. The tower houses a ring of six (Tenor 12 cwts.) which are the work of the Purdue Foundry (1608 & 1653) with a treble added by Mears & Stainbank in 1935. The bells hang in a composite […]
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The 11 cwt six at this church is the work of Quernby & Oldfield (Bells 4 & 6) and Taylor’s (Bells 1, 2, 3 & 5), with the last rehanging taking place in 1882. A major restoration and re-hanging is to take place with White’s appointed as the main contractor. As a sub-contract Taylor’s has […]
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An order has been placed for the conservation and restoration of a very ancient large bell and its fittings. The traditional long waisted bell dates from circa 1180 and is inscribed, “STEPHANVS ME FECIT” (Stephen cast me). It weighs 6 cwts. 2 qrs. 24 lbs. and has a diameter of 28″. The discovery of such […]
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