✖
  • Home
  • About Dove
  • Towers
  • Frames
  • Bells
  • Founders
  • Projects
  • Site Map
  • Help
≡Dove’s Guide for Church Bell Ringers
⚲
✖
Penn, West Midlands, S Bartholomew
Place Penn
S Bartholomew
Metropolitan borough City of Wolverhampton
Lieutenancy area West Midlands
Country England
Historic county Staffordshire
Dove tower ID 15950
Rings 8 (full-circle ring), tenor 10–0–12 in ASee below
Frames 1See below
Grid reference SO894952
Latitude & longitude 52.55529, -2.15724View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long A suggested satnav destination for this tower is at 52.55521, -2.15784
View on Google MapEdit details
Postcode WV4 5JA
Diocese Lichfield
Church Church of England
Listed grade II* by Historic England
Church heritage record 6883
Also Toilet
Affiliation Lichfield and Walsall Archdeaconries Society
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 56 performances here, of which 19 were peals and 5 were in the last two years
Ring of 8, tenor 10–0–12 in A
Bells 8 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 10–0–12 (1132 lb or 513 kg) in A (864.5 Hz)
Practices Tue
Projects & overhauls
2020 by Blyth & Co (major overhaul)
General overhaul (note: change of contractor name from TLB)
1929 by Gillett & Johnston (ring created)
Ring installed
List all
Peals View 86 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
13–2–221728.0A24.00″1929Gillett & JohnstonFNFC
23–3–91634.5G♯24.38″1929Gillett & JohnstonFNFC
34–0–241462.0F♯26.00″1929Gillett & JohnstonFNFC
44–2–191298.0E27.38″1929Gillett & JohnstonFNFC
55–0–261159.5D29.50″1929Gillett & JohnstonFNFC
66–1–21095.5C♯31.00″1929Gillett & JohnstonFNFC
77–3–19971.5B34.00″1929Gillett & JohnstonFNFC
810–0–12864.5A37.50″1929Gillett & JohnstonFNFC
Source: J Allen; S Hutchieson; P Denton; TimJ(AAJB;#303); M Chester
Contributed by: [John Allen]
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5,6,7,81929Cast ironGillett & Johnston8.3.A.m8.3
Contributed by: Mike Chester
Update log
03/10/20201-8: turning added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
02/07/2020Restoration work complete by Blyth & Co.: bearings, clappers & rollers [TimJ #291 (info P Hayward) via e-mail]
02/07/20201-8: frameid added; fr1: details added [Mike Chester via e-mail]
See full public log
Copyright © 2003–2025 Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
Content: Dove Team – Programming: Richard Smith & Sid Baldwin.
Download data
Admin Login   Acknowledgements