The Loughborough Bell Foundry
In previous centuries bells were always cast underground for reasons of safety. Ramming up earth around the bell mould added to its strength and protected the bell founder from the potential danger of death or serious injury should the bell case split during casting. From the mid 19th century bell moulds have been made inside […]
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As a part of an efficiency drive various new/refurbished engineering machinery is being purchased to speed up production. With the whole of the Foundry and its contents being Grade 2* Listed, various of our machines form part of the listing, and have to remain in situ. Modern machines work much faster, and this recently arrived […]
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After more than a decade of planning work is finally underway to restore our carillon tower and it is now completely scaffolded. The tower was built in 1904 to house the world’s first carillon ever to be harmonically tuned to equal temperament which Taylor’s had developed. Over the years more bells were added until it […]
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An increasingly regular aspect to our work involves making towers Health & Safety compliant. With each tower being unique, our engineering department works out solutions with each church architect. Ladder and walkway access is now regularly built in as part of most restoration schemes, and proper lighting schemes also often feature. We are pleased to […]
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An emergency grant of £93k has been made to make our Museum Covid19 safe so that it can be opened to small group tours once lock down has ended. Part of the grant money has been spent unblocking, restoring and opening up the ground floor windows to allow ventilation. The result is much welcomed light […]
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We’ve finally heard that The Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust has been awarded a grant of £3.45 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. This will at last enable the major scheme to restore and develop the Foundry buildings and site to begin. This major grant will be added to matched funding of £1.5 million already raised, together […]
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More emergency repair works are to be carried out on parts of the Foundry, including the tuning shop office which no one has ventured into for a number of years – this office is to have a new roof and new valley guttering before being converted into our relocated hand bell department. Before any work […]
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We welcome Andrea Tidy to our team at Taylor’s. Andrea comes to us with a wealth of experience in Project Management and Customer Service, and has been appointed to a new role at the Foundry – Project & Operations Administrator. At any one time we are dealing with numerous projects at various stages in their […]
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