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 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 remote church sits on a high Tor in Devon and has no electricity supply. Taylor’s rehung the 5 cwt Mears & Stainbank ring of five bells in 2011. The bells hang in a cast iron and steel bell frame which is the work of William Aggett & Sons, and like the bells, dates from […]
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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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The PCC of this church has placed an order for maintenance work on their 1937 G & J ring of eight bells (Tenor 15 cwts). The clappers and crown staples will be returned to Loughborough for complete refurbishment after their renovation by another contractor has resulted in the clappers binding on their joint pins. A […]
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An order has been placed to carry out maintenance work on the single bell at this church which is hung for slow swinging. The balanced clapper and crown staple will be returned to Loughborough for a complete restoration before being returned to the bell.
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This church houses an anti clockwise 15 cwt ring of six that originate from the Whitechapel Foundry of Lester & Pack and date from 1754. The bells were last rehung in 1951. The PCC of this church has now placed an order for strengthening work to be carried out on the ancient oak bell frame […]
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A major maintenance scheme is to be carried out on this classic Taylor 16 cwt ring of eight that date from 1902. All the bells will be lowered into their pits and their fittings will be removed. The headstocks will be returned to Loughborough for the replacement of their gudgeons and for the fitting of […]
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