[Bell Historians] Bell frame for sale (of no practical use)

[Richard Offen]

I entirely agree. Saundby is a fascinating visit, there could be its
equivalent at several well spaced locations around Uk, and without in
any way criticizing, there are better examples of disused frames than
some in the Saundby collection, presumably because they are not allowed
to be removed from the towers they are a menace to.
Perhaps EH knows of a suitable preserved barn that would house a number.
What better use of a tithe barn, an example of early timber work, than
to house other examples of similarly dated traditional heavy timber
work?
Rod.

As interesting as a bell frame museum may be to the likes of us on this
list, I think Chris Pickford was right when he said, "even specialist
museums for timber structures have not shown the faintest inclination to
accept old bell frames which are bulky and low on interest to the general
public."   Bells frames are of such minority interest that it would be very
hard to justify the expense of setting up an caring for such a collection -
the insurance alone would probably be exorbitant.   

 

Besides which, as magnificent as the joinery is in some frames, the
structure totally loses context when bereft of its bells.

 

Richard

           
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