Surbiton, Surrey

St Matthew's Parish Church.

United Kingdom

This church houses a Warner set of eight hemispherical bells (tenor 3 cwts), together with a separate sanctus bell. The entire installation will be dismantled and brought back to Loughborough. The hemispherical bells will be cleaned and tuned and the entire mechanisms restored. The bell frame will be strengthened. The sanctus bell will be conserved and a new headstock and fittings for trigger action chiming will be manufactured before rehanging in the tower.

  • Girdar, our tuner, with some hemispherical bells he recently tuned.

    Girdar, our tuner, with some hemispherical bells he recently tuned.

  • Will with new components for the Ellacombe chiming apparatus.

    Will with new components for the Ellacombe chiming apparatus.

  • The hemispherical bells in the tuning shop.

    The hemispherical bells in the tuning shop.

  • The old chiming frame is being restored and rebuilt.

    The old chiming frame is being restored and rebuilt.

  • After sand blasting!

    After sand blasting!

Update

  • These hemispherical bells and the single chiming bell have been removed from the tower and are now at the Foundry.
    Work to restore all the frame and fittings is underway. Tuning has also been completed.
    The bell frame has been restored and strengthened and the transmission components fully renovated or newly manufactured.
    The single bell has been conserved and new traditional fittings have been manufactured for it.
    All is ready for dispatch.