St Patrick's, Bell Tower - Bega, NSW, Australia
S 36° 40.734 E 149° 50.554
55H E 754010 N 5936981
This is a mounted Bell Tower, on an extension/annex to the northern side of the Catholic Church body.
Waymark Code: WM10C0B
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 04/10/2019
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This is a brown-brick building, in a Gothic-style, with flying buttresses, steeply pitched tiled roof, and Gothic-arched windows and doorways - including the small square brick annex to the north, that the corrugated iron roof-covered bell is atop.
The metal framework has tapered sides, and is cross-braced. The large bronze bell (possibly 60 cm diamter) hangs from an inverted 'yoke', with a large, spoked, steel pulley wheel on the northern side, with a connected chain hanging down.
By the grey-granite Foundation Stone, that had been imported from Ireland, that is right beside the transept, that the Bell Tower is on top of, this section of the Church was extended and built in 1951.
Sunday Mass is at 9:30am, so that would be a good time to hear the bell being rung.
Visited: 1405-7, Saturday, 29 December, 2018
Address of Tower:
130 Gipps Street,
Bega, NSW Australia
2550
Still Operational: yes
Number of bells in tower?: 1
Rate tower: 
Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Unknown
Relevant website?: Not listed
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