Bell Tower - St Michael & All Angels - Exeter, Devon
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N 50° 43.433 W 003° 32.239
30U E 462073 N 5619257
Bell tower of St Michael & All Angels' church, Exeter, with one bell.
Waymark Code: WM15QJ4
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/10/2022
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Bell tower of St Michael & All Angels' church, Exeter, with one bell.
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Bells |
1 (full-circle ring) |
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Tenor |
26–0–0 (2912 lb or 1321 kg) in E |
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"the church, built in the Geometrical Gothic style of the late 13th/early 14th century, is a highly imposing, splendid structure which forms a prominent landmark in the city with its 220ft-high steeple visible over long distances. It is inspired by the great 14th century spire at Salisbury Cathedral. It sits over the crossing and has pairs of two-light belfry windows whose lower parts are filled with quatrefoil-pierced screenwork: the heads of the openings have cinquefoil-cusped circles. The tower is capped by a blind quatrefoil frieze above which rises the spire. This is of broach type but the broaches are largely obscured by octagonal, stone-capped pinnacles. Furthermore behind this rise further square, gabled pinnacles with stone cappings. There is a tier of lucarnes in the cardinal directions at the base of the spire, and two bands of saltire crosses running round the spire. The angles of the spire have ribs. In the angle between the aisle/nave and the south transept is a polygonal stair-turret which rises to the base of the belfry stage of the tower."
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"A single peregrine falcon took up residence, in 1987, on the tower, and a year later, it was joined by its mate. I was not until 1997 that breeding was first observed, when the pair moved into a former ravens nest 30 meters above the ground, and raised a brood of three juveniles. The raven's nest disintegrated after some remedial building work, so a shallow tray was built by the Devon Birdwatching and Preservation Society. During 1999, Eco-Watch Ltd designed and installed a camera to film the birds, and in 2005 it was linked to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Queen Street by wireless. The best time to observe the birds is May through to July as the young grow and become active. Between 1997 and 2005 the birds have raised 30 young."
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