Tower details

Place	Washington Cath Ch of S Peter & S Paul Shown in county lists as Washington Cath
District	District of Columbia
Country	United States of America
Dove tower ID	14848
Rings	10 (full-circle ring), tenor 32–0–4 in DSee below 53 (carillon), bourdon 211–1–0 in D♯See below Other bellsSee below
Frames	1See below
Latitude & longitude	38.93061, -77.07078View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long	A suggested satnav destination for this tower is at 38.93093, -77.07270 View on Google Map Edit details
Postcode	20016
Diocese	Washington
Church	Episcopal Church of the United States
Also	Toilet
URLs	http://washingtonringingsociety.org/about/cathedral-practice https://www.nagcr.org/towers-and-bands/washington-cathedral
Affiliation	North American Guild
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard As of last night, BellBoard listed 759 performances here, of which 79 were peals and 74 were in the last two years

Bells

10 (full-circle ring)Edit details

Tenor

32–0–4 (3588 lb or 1627 kg) in D (586.0 Hz)

All rings

10	32–0–4 in D	10 as tenor
6	9–2–7 in A	6 as tenor

Practices

Tue 18:45

Peals

View 177 peals in the Felstead Database

Also

Simulator

Additional information

Also a 53-bell Taylor carillon

Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
1	5–1–20	1468.0	F♯	28.00″	1962	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
2	5–2–11	1324.0	E	29.00″	1962	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
3	6–1–12	1176.0	D	31.00″	1962	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
4	6–1–22	1100.0	C♯	32.00″	1962	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
5	7–2–11	976.0	B	34.00″	1962	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
6	9–2–7	880.0	A	37.00″	1962	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
7	12–3–22	782.0	G	41.00″	1962	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
8	15–2–17	732.0	F♯	44.00″	1962	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
9	20–2–24	660.0	E	49.00″	1962	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC
10	32–0–4	586.0	D	55.13″	1962	Mears & Stainbank	F	N	FC

Bells	53 (carillon)Edit details
Bourdon	211–1–0 (23660 lb or 10732 kg) in D♯ (310.0 Hz)

Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note		Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
			Real	Transp
1	0–0–17¾	5940.0	G♯	F	7.56″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
2	0–0–15½	5836.0	G	E	7.50″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
3	0–0–16	6148.0	F♯	D♯	7.50″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
4	0–0–17	5800.0	F	D	7.75″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
5	0–0–16¾	5376.0	E	C♯	8.13″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
6	0–0–18	5031.0	D♯	C	8.31″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
7	0–0–19¾	4794.0	D	B	8.63″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
8	0–0–22	4464.0	C♯	A♯	8.88″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
9	0–0–21¾	4284.0	C	A	9.13″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
10	0–0–26	3988.0	B	G♯	9.50″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
11	0–1–1	3730.0	A♯	G	10.13″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
12	0–1–6	3517.0	A	F♯	10.50″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
13	0–1–12	3322.0	G♯	F	11.18″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
14	0–1–17	3138.0	G	E	11.56″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
15	0–1–20	2966.0	F♯	D♯	12.13″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
16	0–2–0	2792.0	F	D	12.69″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
17	0–2–4	2636.0	E	C♯	13.06″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
18	0–2–24	2489.0	D♯	C	14.13″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
19	0–3–9	2348.0	D	B	15.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
20	0–3–27	2218.0	C♯	A♯	16.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
21	1–0–23	2093.0	C	A	17.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
22	1–1–19	1974.0	B	G♯	18.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
23	1–3–0	1865.0	A♯	G	19.13″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
24	1–3–24	1760.0	A	F♯	20.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
25	2–1–8	1665.0	G♯	F	21.13″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
26	2–1–24	1568.0	G	E	21.88″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
27	2–3–6	1480.0	F♯	D♯	23.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
28	3–1–4	1399.0	F	D	23.88″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
29	3–2–1	1318.0	E	C♯	25.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
30	3–3–14	1244.0	D♯	C	26.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
31	4–2–18	1174.0	D	B	27.50″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
32	5–1–26	1099.0	C♯	A♯	29.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
33	6–1–4	1046.0	C	A	30.50″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
34	7–1–3	989.0	B	G♯	32.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
35	8–2–3	932.0	A♯	G	34.13″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
36	10–0–10	880.0	A	F♯	36.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
37	11–3–22	823.0	G♯	F	38.13″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
38	12–1–25	798.0	G	E	40.75″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
39	15–0–16	740.0	F♯	D♯	43.75″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
40	18–1–14	699.0	F	D	45.50″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
41	20–0–27	660.0	E	C♯	47.88″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
42	25–1–0	622.0	D♯	C	51.06″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
43	30–0–12	587.0	D	B	54.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
44	34–3–13	555.0	C♯	A♯	57.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
45	44–1–24	523.0	C	A	60.50″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
46	48–0–25	494.0	B	G♯	63.63″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
47	61–1–3	466.0	A♯	G	68.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
48	70–1–9	440.0	A	F♯	72.25″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
49	84–0–8	416.0	G♯	F	76.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
50	98–2–4	393.0	G	E	80.88″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
51	118–3–0	370.0	F♯	D♯	85.50″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
52	143–0–0	349.0	F	D	91.00″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D
53	211–1–0	310.0	D♯	C	103.50″	1961	John Taylor & Co	F	N	D

Bells

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	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
	Display [1]	0–3–24			15.88″	c1380	Lynn foundry	Y

	Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
	1	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 of 10	1962	Steel	Mears & Stainbank	8.1.E.d	10.Radial

Contributed by: Tim Jackson

[1]Display bell history

Bell is ex Quidenham monastery, Norfolk

Published: 29/05/2024

29/05/2024	Display: weight, diameter added [Taylor records, 1963 via Chris Pickford #007038]
29/05/2024	53 of carillon: weight amended; nominal, note, founder, date, canon, hanging added; 1-52 of carillon: bell and details added [John Taylor & Co archive by Chris Pickford; additional info provided by Ashley Monck, personal visit (07/05/2024)]
09/05/2024	Carillon ring name added [Tim Jackson]
22/04/2024	Carillon added [World Carillon Federation. See also (Carl Scott Zimmerman): http://www.towerbells.org/]
18/01/2020	1-10: nominal added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
15/10/2019	Indication of available toilet facility added [TimJ (REMRKS247; info L Lazzerini) via e-mail]