TOWER

Tower.jpg (5173 bytes) The lower portion of the tower is 13th century, with a 14th century bell chamber and a late16th or early 17th century brick parapet. The crocketed pinnacles are 17th century. There are six bells, which are regularly rung:
Treble Note E J Taylor, Loughborough 1897
2nd Note D Thomas Mears, London 1801
3rd Note C Thomas Mears, London 1842
4th Note B Miles Graye I, Colchester 1618
5th Note A John Warner, London 1882 (recast)
Tenor Note G John Waylet, 1708, recast by
John Taylor, Loughborough 1906

In 1997 a bell-ringing floor was constructed at the level of the new organ gallery, allowing the ground floor of the tower to be used as a vestry.