Bell Tower - St Mary - Iwerne Courtney, Dorset - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

Bell tower of St Mary's church, Iwerne Courtney.

Iwerne Courtney, Dorset S Mary
Bells
Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
1	4-0-25	1289.9	E	27.75"	1920	Mears & Stainbank	F	8
2	4-3-19	1150.0	D	29.63"	1908	Mears & Stainbank	D	8
3	5-2-23	1023.1	C	31.50"	1908	Mears & Stainbank	D	8
4	7-0-22	956.9	B	33.50"	1590†	John Wallis	R	Y
5	9-1-14	865.0	A	36.88"	c1524†	(unidentified)	R	Y
6	13-0-10	765.2	G	40.98"	2017	John Taylor & Co	F	N

Frames
Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
1	1,2,3,4,5,6	1908	Metal	Mears & Stainbank		6.6

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"The West Tower (11 ft. square) is of three stages between a chamfered plinth and an embattled parapet; the stages are defined by weathered string-courses. There is no tower vice. Diagonal buttresses of two weathered stages strengthen the N.W. and S.W. corners of the bottom stage and a square-set buttress at the S.E. corner is partly incorporated in the fabric of the S. aisle. The top stage, which was probably remodelled in the 17th century, is decorated at each corner with a square pilaster. The weathered and hollow-chamfered parapet string-course returns around the pilasters and is interrupted on each face by two symmetrically spaced gargoyles. The embattled parapet has a continuous moulded coping and at each corner the pilasters of the third stage continue upwards to terminate in crocketed finials. The two-centred tower arch has three chamfered orders, the outer chamfer continuing on the jambs while the inner orders die into flat responds. In the W. wall of the lower stage is a 15th-century window of two trefoil-headed lights below a quatrefoil in a two-centred head, with a moulded label and a two-centred rear arch; the S. wall has a small doorway with a moulded two-centred head and continuous jambs, probably of the 19th century but inserted in the position of an earlier doorway. The middle stage has square-headed single-light windows on the N. and S. sides. The third stage has in each wall a louvred belfry window uniform with the W. window of the lower stage."

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"In 1645 the church was used as a temporary gaol for 300 Dorset Clubmen, who had failed to escape after their defeat on Hambledon Hill.  However, Oliver Cromwell apparently thought them "Poor silly creatures" and set them free after they "had promised to be very dutiful for time to come.""

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Address of Tower: St Mary Main Street Iwerne Courtney (or Shroton), Dorset England DT118PU 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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