Bell Tower - St Andrew's church - Barningham, Suffolk - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

Bell tower of St Andrew's church, Barningham. It contains 3 bells that are unringable.

Barningham, Suffolk S Andrew
Bells
Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
1	7cwt	941.0	B	33.88"	c1480†	Brasyers of Norwich (generic)	R	N
2	9cwt	841.0	A	37.63"	c1480†	Brasyers of Norwich (generic)	Y	4
3	10cwt	800.0	G	40.07"	1722	Thomas Gardiner	Y	N

Barningham, Suffolk S Andrew
Frames
Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
1	1,2,3	c1450	Timber	unidentified	6.P	3.1

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"The tower, rising in three stages to two-light reticulated bell-openings and stepped battlements, might be judged contemporary on stylistic grounds, but Pevsner recorded that a  Mr. A.R. Allen had “found wills of 1439 and 1440 which leave money to the fabric of the tower, the latter specifying that it is new (‘ad fabric’ nov’ campanil’ ibid’...’)”.  This conflict appears to have been resolved by W. M. Lingwood, author of the church guide (printed 1990), who was able to examine the bell-openings closely while scaffolding was in place around the tower and who discovered they were grooved for glazing, which - since bell-openings are never glazed - appears to show that they have been re-used.  If so, their obvious place of origin must surely be the nave, whose present Perpendicular windows would certainly fit a mid-fifteenth century date:  also two-light, these have supermullioned drop tracery with a tier of small quatrefoils at the top, beneath triangular arches.  It seems more likely they were inserted into pre-existing walls, than that the nave was reconstructed in its entirety at this time, and perhaps a small piece of corroborating evidence is the slightly ogee-pointed dripstone above the blocked N. doorway, which is more in keeping with the early fourteenth century than the fifteenth."

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Address of Tower: St Andrew’s Church Church Road Barningham, Suffolk England IP31 1DD Still Operational: no Number of bells in tower?: 3 Relevant website?: [Web Link] Rate tower: Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed

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