Bell Tower - SS Peter & Paul - Coleshill, Warwickshire - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

Bell tower of SS Peter & Paul, Coleshill.

Coleshill, Warks SS Peter & Paul
Bells
Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
1	3-2-22	1881.0	A#	22.88"	1978	John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	F
2	3-3-10	1676.0	G#	23.75"	1978	John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	F
3	4-0-0	1488.0	F#	25.13"	1923	John Taylor & Co	F
4	4-2-14	1404.0	E#	26.63"	1923	John Taylor & Co	F
5	4-3-10	1247.0	D#	28.00"	1978	John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	F
6	5-0-26	1108.0	C#	29.50"	1978	John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	F
7	6-3-4	988.0	B	32.50"	1978	John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	F
8	8-0-17	931.0	A#	34.38"	1978	John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	F
9	10-1-22	828.0	G#	38.00"	1978	John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	F
10	14-0-24	734.0	F#	42.38"	1978	John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	F

Frames
Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
1	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10	1978	Cast iron	Loughborough Bellfoundry		10.

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"History Of The Bells -

The oldest part of the current church dates from the 14th century, but the Norman font suggests a much earlier date for the foundation of the church. In the Anglo-Saxon period Coleshill was a "Minster" church serving a wide area. The church was extensively restored in 1868. All the external masonry was renewed and the plaster of the internal stonework was either scraped or replaced.

The church has a large tower and a tall spire. It can be seen for many miles around and it was used as a lookout post in WWII, being then the tallest vantage point in the area.

There were bells in the medieval tower. When the spire was struck by lightning in 1550 two bells were sold to pay for repairs. The spire was rebuilt some 5 metres shorter; it was rebuilt again in 1888. In 1720 Joseph Smith of Edgbaston recast the old ring of five bells as a five and added a new treble. The ring was augmented to eight by Taylors in 1923 by the addition of two trebles.   These bells were an anti-clockwise ring until 1977, when 8 new bells were cast around the existing two trebles and the whole ring was rehung in a new, clockwise, lowside frame.  The Smith tenor had a scrapping weight of 12-2-22. Two of the old ring of 3 at Nether Whitacre were bought by Coleshill when the ring of 6 from Hampton in Arden were installed in that tower, the metal being used in the augmentation scheme here."

 

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Address of Tower: St. Peter & St. Paul Church Hill Coleshill, Warwickshire England B46 3AJ Still Operational: yes Number of bells in tower?: 10 Relevant website?: [Web Link] Rate tower: Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed

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