[Bell Historians] fundenhall and winterton

Fri Feb 14 09:29:33 GMT 2025

Winterton (Norfolk) are a complete 6 cast and hung by Moore, Holmes and Mackenzie. I was in the last QP there,, June 2012. Since then a louvre has blown in and smashed a wheel.  Their unringability is due in part to the corroded cast iron foundation beams on which the frame sits.  The installation has suffered much from the salty air. All have the Redenhall patent clapper, cast iron pulleys, and central stays (come made from old Christmas trees etc). Most of the oil bottles have disappeared.

Fundenhall have been unringable for decades. I remember the woodwork department at school patching and repairing wheels for a number of Paul Cattermole’s projects, including Fundenhall.  These have only been swung chimed since the work was done by Paul and his helpers.  

2/10/2010

NORWICH DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION OF RINGERS

JOINT MEETING OF TRUSTEES

2:  PAUL CATTERMOLE MEMORIAL FUND – PROJECT

It was agreed to recommend to the Standing Committee:

That the Association:

(a)          establishes a Paul Cattermole Memorial Fund within the Bell Restoration Fund, the object of which shall be the restoration of bell installation(s) within the Diocese of Norwich;

(b)          enters into a formal agreement with the Fundenhall P.C.C. to support a project for the restoration of the five bells of Fundenhall through participation in a joint committee to manage the project;  and

(c)           agrees, subject to successful implementation of the project at Fundenhall, to support it by means of the Paul Cattermole Memorial Fund.

NORWICH DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION OF RINGERS

JOINT MEETING OF TRUSTEES

Minutes of a Meeting held at Diocesan House,
on the 5th February, 2011

2:  PAUL CATTERMOLE MEMORIAL FUND – FUNDENHALL PROJECT

Aubrey Forster reported on the plans to promote a bell project at Fundenhall in memory of Paul Cattermole.  Work on the project had begun in March 2010, with help and enthusiasm on all sides, not only from members of the Association but also from the Keltek Trust, the bellfounders, from whom advice had been obtained without charge, and architect Ruth Blackman, who had given assistance free of charge.

Aubrey reported that major problems had been encountered, beginning with the cost, which had risen from an original estimate of £40,000 to between £70,00 and £80,000, through a combination of the Whitechapel quote, building work and consultants’ fees.  As well as the new, higher, rate of VAT, the Whitechapel quote had identified the need for a new bell.  The existing third was too light, and would require the tenor to be re‑tuned, which Paul had advised should not be done because of the old bell’s fine tone.  Attempts to find an alternative bell from a restoration project at High Wycombe had however produced a bell which the foundry deemed to heavy, which left the provision of a new bell as the only alternative, at a cost of £8‑10,000.  Efforts had been made to contain the costs, including Aubrey’s offer to make the wheels, but the amount involved was considered too much for the Association to undertake.  It had also been learned that the Parish of Fundenhall had financial problems and was not in a position to participate in the promotion of a bell restoration project.  Accordingly, with regret, Aubrey had decided to stop the project.

This is all I can add,

Paul Cubitt

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Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] fundenhall and winterton

Winterton were rehung & augmented in 1948 by Taylors in a 8 bell frame.

The DBA may know more.

G

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Subject: [Bell Historians] fundenhall and winterton

I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who has rung on the unringable six at winterton or the five at fundenhall (which where rung from the crossing), my dove's from 1976 has the latter as being ringable but by the time that the sixth edition was published in 1982 they are listed simply as a swing chime (although they don't appear as unringable until the 1988 edition). Winterton however is something of an enigma according to many sources the bells where condemned because of frame defects but there is no mention of when this was or when indeed they where last rung!, the NDACR report lists them as being ringable in 1996 so I'm guessing this was in the late 1990s?

Many thanks

Oliver lee

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