TILE CROSS*, St Peter (New Church), Haywood Road 6, 4-0-9 in D
Grid Reference | 139/160867 | ![]() |
Postcode | B33 0LH | |
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History Of The Bells
The present church was built in 1968, replacing a mission hall. The main façade has a plain wall with six bells in apertures in the brickwork. As seen from the street below, bells (left to right) 3, 1 and 2 hang in the upper level with 4, 6 and 5 below.
The bells incorporate the metal (total weight 5-2-21) of bells salvaged from other churches in the area including St.John’s, Tile Cross (an uninscribed 14” bell), St.Peter’s, Tile Cross (a 23” bell by C & G Mears 1856 - believed to have come from St. Matthias, Birmingham), St.Cuthbert’s, Winson Green (a 25” bell of c.1885-6 by Charles Carr) and a bell (22½” diameter) from a scrap metal dealer.
The bells are hung dead and sounded by trigger-action clappers from an Ellacombe chiming manual on the gallery at the back of the church
Details of the Bells
1 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1968 1-0-07 17.00" 1956.0Hz (B-17c)
2 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1968 1-1-17 19.00" 1742.0Hz (A-18c)
3 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1968 1-3-13 21.125" 1552.0Hz (G-18c)
4 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1968 2-0-19 22.00" 1465.0Hz (F#-18c)
5 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1968 2-3-09 24.50" 1305.5Hz (E-18c)
6 John Taylor & Co, Loughborough 1968 4-0-09 27.625" 1163.0Hz (D-17c)
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