Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent

Westbrook, All Saints

Photo: Brian Butcher, 2005

Single bell hung for swing chiming with lever plus sanctus bell in the church
Tenor: 8½ cwt approx. in B♭.
Grid Ref: TR344702
Rung from: Ground Floor
Frame: Large bell: 1911 oak frame by Barwell. Small bell: 2016 steel bracket frame by Taylor
Denomination: Church of England
Diocese (Anglican): Canterbury
Archdeaconry (Anglican): Canterbury
Building Listed Grade: II Click for Heritage details.

Details of the Bells

҂ - Hung for swing chiming
ꓕ - Hung dead

Inscriptions

History

	1874		Church built as a Mission Church.
	1880		A bell by Warner was provided for the Mission Church.
	1894		Nave and chancel of present church built by T. Andrews.
	1897		Lower part of the (oblong) tower incorporating the vestries was built by E. S. Prior.
	1909		The upper stages of the tower were built by W. D. Caroe.
	1911		Bell cast and installed in the tower by Barwell of Birmingham.
	1975		Tower inspected by David Cawley who observed the Barwell bell and noted another second hand bell lying on the steps in the tower cast by John Warner & Sons in 1880.
	2012		A new tower access scheme was installed by John Taylor & Co.
	2016		The small bell was refitted by John Taylor & Co & rehung dead in the church as a sanctus bell.

Gallery

The bell in the belfry. Photo: Brian Butcher, 2005	Photo: Brian Butcher, 2005	A view of the church in 1910, shortly after the tower was built. Photo: David Cawley collection
The Parish Priest, the Revd David Cawley with the newly hung sanctus bell in the church. Photo: David Cawley, 2 Nov 2016

Elsewhere in the Parish

Margate, Chapel of the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital
Single bell hung for swing chiming

Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent

Page updated: 27 June 2020