Bell Tower - St Michael & All Angels - Church Broughton, Derbyshire - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

Bell tower of St Michael & All Angels' church, Church Broughton, with a ring of 6 bells.

Church Broughton, Derbys S Michael
Bells
Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
1	2-3-16	1384.0	F	24.00"	1949	John Taylor & Co	F
2	3-2-0	1236.0	Eb	26.00"	1912	John Taylor & Co	F
3	4-0-25	1096.5	Db	28.50"	1912	John Taylor & Co	F
4	5-0-11	1034.0	C	30.00"	1912	John Taylor & Co	F
5	5-3-6	921.5	Bb	33.50"	1610	Henry II Oldfield	R
6	7-2-8	822.0	Ab	36.00"	1654	George I Oldfield	R

Frames
Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
1	1,2,3,4,5,6	1912	Cast iron	Loughborough Bellfoundry

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"Parish Church. C12, early C14, C15, early C18 and 1845. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings. Chamfered plinth. Low-pitched C15 lead roofs with stone coped gables. West tower, aisled nave with south porch and chancel.

The west tower has angle buttresses with three set-offs and a north-east stair turret, polygonal and semicircular. The ground stage has a C14 cusped ogee lancet with hoodmould to south, a 2-light window with Y-tracery set in chamfered surround to west, and 2-light cusped Dec bell-openings to all faces. Battlements with large gargoyles and C19 circular pinnacles. Stone spire with a single tier of lucarnes. C14 roof line visible on the east face of the tower. C19 gabled south porch. The south aisle has four buttresses and two 2-light C14 windows with cusped ogee tracery, renewed in the right hand window. South aisle east window of three cusped lancet lights, like the tower west window, probably of c1300.

The interior has a triple-chamfered tower arch, the outer order dying into the imposts."

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Address of Tower: St Michael & All Angels Church Road Church Broughton, Derbyshire England DE65 5BB Number of bells in tower?: 6 Relevant website?: [Web Link] Still Operational: Not Listed Rate tower: Not listed Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed

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