Bell Tower - St Leonard - Mundford, Norfolk - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

A mid 19th century southwest tower at St Leonard's church, Mundford, a medieval parish church with an aisleless nave, a north porch with chequered brick and knapped flint.

Mundford, Norfolk S Leonard
Bells
Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
1	2-2-18	1645.0	G#	22.69"	1945	John Taylor & Co	F
2	2-3-24	1466.0	F#	24.00"	1945	John Taylor & Co	F
3	3-1-5	1305.0	E	25.50"	1945	John Taylor & Co	F
4	3-3-15	1232.0	D#	26.63"	1945	John Taylor & Co	F
5	4-1-27	1098.0	C#	28.63"	1945	John Taylor & Co	F
6	6-0-3	979.0	B	31.63"	1945	John Taylor & Co	F
Service	3-2-0	1120.0	C#	26.88"	1670	Robert Gurney	Y

Frames
Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
1	1,2,3,4,5,6	1945	Cast iron	Loughborough Bellfoundry
4	Service		Timber	unidentified

"The church is an odd looking thing. South-west towers are common enough in East Anglia - there are about fifty of them in the two counties of Norfolk and Suffolk - but this one doesn't look quite right. This is because its Norman-style stages and broach spire are a Victorian confection, built to replace a west tower that had fallen a century earlier. Oddly, the main entrance to the church is on the north side. The space beneath the tower appears to be used for storage; there is a vestry on the north side of the chancel.

The refurbishment was at the expense of the local lady of the manor, Mrs Lynne-Stephens of Lynford Hall. She also bankrolled the fabulously expensive Our Lady and the English Martyrs Catholic church in central Cambridge, one of the biggest churches to be built in England in the 19th century. As a Catholic, she had no reason to care for the upkeep of the local Anglican parish church, beyond a sense of responsibility and civic duty, for which amen. Pevsner, who is unusually disapproving of this building, argues that the tower top is French in style because Mrs Lynne-Stephens was a former French ballet dancer. Well, perhaps. But Mundford would be just another Victorianisation if it were not for what happened here in the early years of the 20th Century."

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Address of Tower: St Leonard Church Lane Mundford, Norfolk England IP26 5DS Still Operational: yes Number of bells in tower?: 6 Relevant website?: [Web Link] Rate tower: Not listed Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed

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