The Loughborough Bell Foundry
The 4 cwt ring of six at this church is the work of The Whitechapel Bell Foundry and the bells date between 1958 & 1973. The entire installation is to be removed from the tower and brought back to Loughborough. The bells will be cleaned, and all new ringing fittings will be manufactured for them. […]
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Having completed a major rehanging of the 11 cwt ring of six at this church last year, a further order has been placed to complete the restoration of the tower. The Warner Sanctus bell of 1885 is to be conserved and rehung on new fittings, and the wooden cupola which crowns the tower is to […]
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The PCC of this church has placed an order for a major restoration of their bells. Their 13 cwt ring of six dates from 1769 and is the work of J III, C IV & W Pennington & Co, and at present hangs in an oak bell frame dating from 1902. The bells, fittings and […]
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The PCC of this beautiful Suffolk church has placed an order for a major restoration, recasting and augmentation of their 15cwt ring of six. Four of the existing bells will be recast, and two new bells will be added to two of the former Prinknash Abbey bells which were cast by Taylor’s in 1910 & […]
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The PCC of this church has placed an order for a major restoration and augmentation of their 17 cwt eight. The bells will be removed from the tower and brought back to Loughborough for conservation work, including specialist bronze strengthening welding to their crowns and soundbows. The bells will be tuned to match the 1930 […]
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This church houses a 10 cwt ring of six by six different founders, with bells dating between 1618 & 1981, when Taylor’s rehung the bells on all new fittings in a two tier cast iron and steel bell frame. A new ground floor ringing chamber will be created after the bells have been re-roped, and […]
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An order has been received for the fitting of rope guiding flapper boards/tubes to the front ten bells to make the bells easier to handle by inexperienced ringers.
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This church houses a 13 cwt ring of six, mainly the work of Thomas III Bilbie from 1808, but with a Mears & Stainbank tenor bell of 1907. The main R.S.J. grillage beam on the western side has rotted and so will be replaced with a new beam. The other beam ends will be excavated […]
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