One of my hobbies is bellringing (that's right I'm one of those noisy people who disturb your Sunday lie in) and the advantage is that you sometimes get to see bits of churches that you wouldn't otherwise get to. I was on an outing today visiting some churches in Worcestershire.
Great Comberton
Superb clock in the ringing chamber with pulleys and stuff to operate chiming hammers and things.
The way up was a bit narrow though. The actual stair width wasn't much over 12 inches.
We also visited Pershore Abbey
Now the thing about Pershore is the ringing cage. In order not to interrupt the view up the inside of the tower they decided to put the bellringers in a cage supperted by a couple of beams about 120 feet up in the air.
You have to go through the roof spaces to get there
Then after about 5 minutes climbing you're there
I did like these gates in the grounds, quite Narnian I thought being out there on their own with no practical purpose just like the lamp post.
Great Comberton
Superb clock in the ringing chamber with pulleys and stuff to operate chiming hammers and things.
The way up was a bit narrow though. The actual stair width wasn't much over 12 inches.
We also visited Pershore Abbey
Now the thing about Pershore is the ringing cage. In order not to interrupt the view up the inside of the tower they decided to put the bellringers in a cage supperted by a couple of beams about 120 feet up in the air.
You have to go through the roof spaces to get there
Then after about 5 minutes climbing you're there
I did like these gates in the grounds, quite Narnian I thought being out there on their own with no practical purpose just like the lamp post.
