The Loughborough Bell Foundry
The single bell from this church was cast by Taylor’s on 1904, and was hung for swing chiming. It was removed from its turret many years ago. The bell has now been returned to Loughborough for the manufacture of new fittings. The forged wrought iron headstock will be restored and a new internal electro-magnetic clapper […]
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The single bell at this church is hanging in a dangerous condition and needs to be lowered from its turret before being rehung on new fittings at a later date.
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The 7 cwt ring of four bells at this church is the work of Miles III Graye of Colchester, and dates from 1676. The ancient oak bell frame hangs in a wooden steeple and dates circa 1600. The bells will be removed from the tower so that the bell frame can be properly recorded and […]
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The Ellacombe chiming apparatus of the chime of three bells at this church will be replaced, and the ironwork of the bell frame and bell fittings will be descaled, cleaned, primed and repainted.
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This church houses a chime of 9 bells (Bass Bell 24 cwts), and a slow swinging Bourdon Bell weighing approximately 30 cwts. All the bells, their steel frame and fittings date from the 1930’s, and are the work of Matthew Obyrne of Dublin. The concrete floor on which the installation sits has become unsafe, and […]
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This 7 cwt ring of six were last rehung by Mears & Stainbank in 1931, when a new cast iron and steel bell frame was installed. The bells will be removed from the tower and brought back to Loughborough. The wheel centres will be refashioned and new soling and shrouding will complete their restoration. All […]
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The back four of this 7 cwt ring of six are the work of William & Henry III Bagley and date from 1706. Taylor’s added two treble bells in 2014, and extended the bellframe in oak to match the 1706 frame. It has now been decided to replace one of the timbers of the sub-frame […]
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The small single bell from this church has been removed from this tower and brought back to Loughborough. Conservation work on the bell will be undertaken before new fittings for slow swinging are manufactured, and the bell is rehung.
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