Bell Tower - St Cuthbert's church, Shustoke, Warwickshire
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N 52° 30.975 W 001° 38.620
30U E 592035 N 5819324
Bell tower of St Cuthbert's church, Shustoke.
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Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/31/2017
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Bell tower, St Cuthbert's, Shustoke.
Shustoke, Warks
S Cuthbert |
Bells |
Bell |
Weight |
Nominal |
Note |
Diameter |
Dated |
Founder |
Canons |
Turning |
1 |
3-2-3 |
1377.5 |
E# |
25.50" |
1950 |
John Taylor & Co |
F |
N |
2 |
4-2-0 |
1233.5 |
D# |
27.25" |
1887 |
John Taylor & Co |
Y |
N |
3 |
4¾cwt |
1093.0 |
C# |
28.75" |
1698 |
William Bagley |
Y |
N |
4 |
5¼cwt |
964.0 |
B |
30.75" |
1698 |
William Bagley |
Y |
N |
5 |
7½cwt |
920.5 |
A# |
34.00" |
1768 |
Lester & Pack |
Y |
N |
6 |
10½cwt |
811.5 |
G# |
39.13" |
1768 |
Lester & Pack |
Y |
N |
Frames |
Frame |
Bells |
Year |
Material |
Maker |
Truss |
Layout |
1 |
1,2,3,4,5,6 |
1769 |
Oak |
J(?osiah?) Radford |
|
|
"These bells are tonally "different" to most rings of 6, being in the "minor" key. They sound the notes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 of a ring of 8. The frame for six is dated 1769, but there were only five bells until 1950. The inscription on the 3rd bell of 6 clearly indicates that Bagley installed a ring of 5 in 1698.
The present second, dated 1887, was recast after lightning damage to the spire in 1886 and its fittings are by Taylors. Originally it was by William Brooke of Bromsgrove, 1736, though it was delivered to Edgbaston. The same bell had previously been recast there in 1733, at the second attempt to get a good bell. The two tenors were recast at Whitechapel in 1768. The back four were rehung in 1883 by Robert Summers of Tamworth in Arden, a millwright who also worked as a bellhanger, at a cost of £85/10/-. Taylors rehung the back five on ball bearings in 1924. None of the bells have been quarter turned.
This "spired" church is easily visible from some distance and is situated at the "Furnace End" edge of the village."
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