[Bell Historians] Chiming Hammers

[Andrew Aspland]

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Re: St Mary's Low Harrogate.

When the church was rebuilt by Temple Moore a new central tower was
erected, having only a lofty ground floor and the present chiming chamber
and the bell chamber above that. Owing to doubts about stability (which
persist to-day) the bells which were going to be recast anyway were made to
a chiming scale:

According to Pevsner St Mary's is by Walter Tapper (also responsible for
the East end of the college of the Resurection, Mirfield). Temple Moor
built St Wilfrid's which is similar in its cruciform design but earlier and
far finer. The structure, or at least the surface of the structure,
continues to be a problem at St Mary's - there is hardly a surface which
isn't crumbling away - and the church and diocese might now be looking for a
radical solution to the 90 year old problem.

What a tragedy about the peal board - one may be forgiven for hoping that
the bits were carefully retrieved and might one day be restored.

They are all pieced together in the chiming chamber - I shall get on to
the case.

Andrew

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