Bell Tower - St Mary - Bramford, Suffolk - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

"The tower is late.., perhaps very late..., Decorated work, and the britishlistedbuildings web-site's suggestion of c.1370 may not be far from the mark. It is a massive structure with a chequerwork basal frieze, angle buttresses, an irregular semi-polygonal projection at the east end of the N. wall rising to the bell-stage and housing the stair, battlements, and a "slender timbered-framed and lead-covered spire which is thought was added in the eighteenth century" (church guide). Only the bell-stage is demarcated by a string course and the renewed bell-openings have flowing tracery formed of a quatrefoil on a stem, above two mouchettes, resembling a child's drawing of a flower standing above two leaves. Inside, the exceptionally tall tower arch has a complex profile more Perpendicular in form than Decorated, and high up on the W. side of the arch there are very large corbel heads that may once have supported an upper floor. The rather crudely constructed S. porch of uncertain date, now serving as a kitchen, has side windows formed of two lancets set within round-headed arches and an outer doorway bearing two flat chamfers dying into a single flat chamfer below the springing."

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Bramford, Suffolk S Mary V
Bells
Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
1	4cwt	1320.0	E	27.25"	1805	Thomas Mears and Son	R	4
2	4cwt	1168.0	D	28.25"	1632†	Miles I Graye	R	4
3	5cwt	1047.5	C	31.00"	1632†	Miles I Graye	R	8
4	6cwt	970.0	B	33.00"	1632†	Miles I Graye	R	4
5	8cwt	874.0	A	36.56"	1632†	Miles I Graye	R	8
6	10-3-6	775.0	G	40.75"	1632†	Miles I Graye	R	8

Bramford, Suffolk S Mary V
Frames
Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
1	1,2,3,4,5,6	1906	Steel & wrought iron	Alfred Bowell	8.1.C.a	6.4

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Address of Tower: St Mary the Virgin Ship Lane Bramford, Suffolk England IP8 4AT Still Operational: yes Number of bells in tower?: 6 Relevant website?: [Web Link] Rate tower: Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed

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