Bell Tower - St Mary - Bramford, Suffolk
Posted by: SMacB
N 52° 04.450 E 001° 06.150
31U E 369957 N 5770986
Bell tower of St Mary the Virgin, Bramford.
Waymark Code: WMTQX2
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/01/2017
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"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."
SOURCE - (Visit Link)
Bramford, Suffolk
S Mary V
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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 |
SOURCE - (Visit Link)
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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