Bell Tower - St Kyneburgha - Castor, Cambridgeshire - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

Bell tower of St Kyneburgha's church, Castor.

Castor, Cambs S Kyneburgha
Bells
Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
1	4-0-16	1536.0	G	25.50"	2000	John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	F
2	4-0-22	1442.0	F#	26.00"	2000	John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	F
3	4-0-17	1289.5	E	27.25"	1700†	Henry II Bagley	R
4	4-0-21	1154.0	D	28.25"	1700†	Henry II Bagley	R
5	4-3-14	1025.0	C	30.50"	1700†	Henry II Bagley	R
6	6-0-16	965.5	B	32.58"	1700†	Henry II Bagley	R
7	7-0-19	865.0	A	35.88"	1700†	Henry II Bagley	R
8	10-0-9	769.0	G	39.00"	1700†	Henry II Bagley	R

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"A broach spire was added to the tower around 1350, and the nave clerestoreys were inserted in the mid-15thc. The tower is of ashlar, the rest of the church of stone rubble.

Romanesque sculpture is found in the crossing arches and the exterior of the tower, in the W window of the nave, the reset S nave doorway, a tympanum reset over the S porch entrance, the dedication lunette set above the S priest's doorway and a pair of corbels set in the S porch. Part of a relief showing figures under arcading, now set in the N aisle, is discussed below but probably belongs to the 9thc.

The tower has two elaborately decorated storeys above a plain plinth storey, each of the three storeys being topped by a corbel table supporting a decorated frieze. The upper storey has five double units of blind arcading on each face, the three central units covering bell-openings. The area above the arches is diapered with fish-scale. The lower storey on each face has a central double arched window, flanked by a double unit of blind arcading to either side. Again the area above the arches is diapered, this time to give the effect of opus reticulatum. At each angle of each of the upper storeys is a nook-shaft."

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Address of Tower: St Kyneburgha Off Peterborough Road Castor, England PE5 7AY Still Operational: yes Number of bells in tower?: 8 Relevant website?: [Web Link] Rate tower: Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Yes

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