Sussex Bells and Belfries

 

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Photo Mike Fradd

                                                                                   

                                                                                    Grid Ref - TQ 363 302, Map 187

                                                                                    C of E

                                                                                    8 Bells 12 cwt in G Flat 2^nd only hung for ringing

 

1, 2, 3, 4,5,6,7. CAST BY GILLETT & CO CROYDON 1887 / Plate LXIX, c.

8.   CAST BY GILLETT & CO CROYDON / Plate LXIX, c / THIS PEAL OF BELLS WAS THE GIFT OF STEPHENSON CLARKE AND HIS WIFE / 1887.

40¾”. This bell had a flaw in the mould round the shoulder, and there is a large fin of metal inside which penetrated the core. Service bell which provides a flat 2nd:

      1885 / GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO

29³/₁₆”. All fixed except service bell in a Z frame in two tiers, chime barrel. Tower 1884 by Carpenter and Ingelow. G P Elphick visited May 1960.

 

The clock was installed in 1887 when the church was built. It was also made by Gillett & Johnson.

As well as chiming and striking the hour and quarter hours, at 12am, 3pm and 6pm it also triggers the carillon which plays complete tunes on the bells.

The carillon has two sets of tunes on separate "barrels" and each barrel plays seven different tunes changing every 24 hours.

The carillon and clock mechanisms were restored to mark the millennium and have now been automated so that no-one need climb the tower each day to wind it as they used to.

 

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