Tower details

Place	Rodmell S Peter
Lieutenancy area	East Sussex
Country	England
Historic county	Sussex
Dove tower ID	11894
Rings	6 (full-circle ring), tenor 5–2–24 in B♭See below
Frames	2See below
Grid reference	TQ421062
Latitude & longitude	50.83843, 0.01758View on Google Map or OpenStreetMapList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long	No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode	BN7 3HL
Diocese	Chichester
Church	Church of England
Listed grade	I by Historic England
Church heritage record	3569
URL	https://thebellsofsussex.weebly.com/rodmell-st-peter.html
Affiliation	Sussex County Association
Performances	Search for performances on BellBoard As of last night, BellBoard listed 15 performances here, of which 1 was a peal and 6 were in the last two years

Bells	6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor	5–2–24 (640 lb or 290 kg) in B♭ (958.2 Hz)
Overhauled	2021 by Blyth & Co Weld 5th; tune; rehang; rebuild/strengthen frame
Peals	View 2 peals in the Felstead Database
Also	Ground floor ringing chamber

	Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning	Hanging
	1	1–3–21	1608.3	G	20.50″	1909	John Warner & Sons	Y	N	FC
	2	2–0–9	1434.8	F	21.75″	1909	John Warner & Sons	Y	N	FC
	3	2–1–11	1280.5	E♭	23.50″	1909	John Warner & Sons	Y	N	FC
	4	2–3–3	1201.7	D	25.00″	1664	William I Eldridge	R	N	FC
	5	3–2–12	1073.6	C	27.13″	1664	William I Eldridge	R	N	FC
	6	5–2–24	958.2	B♭	31.25″	1641	Bryan II Eldridge	R	N	FC

	Frame	Bells	Year	Material	Maker	Truss	Layout
	2	4,5,6	c1650	Timber		5.D	3.1
	1 [1]	1,2,3	1909	Steel & timber	John Warner & Sons	10	3.1

Contributed by: Tim Jackson

[1]Frame truss

Fr1 Truss is Truss Type 7.A.a but with steel braces instead of cast iron braces

Published: 16/03/2024

23/05/2024	URL added [Kye L Leaver]
16/03/2024	Fr1: date, maker amended, truss added; frame mod added [Tim Jackson, from personal visit]
09/12/2023	Fr1: year, material, maker amended. Truss is non-standard. [Visited: 25/08/2021 via Frame Backlog]
10/11/2023	1-3,5-6: diameter amended [Benjamin Kipling (Bell Tuner) via Kye Leaver #005870]
28/03/2021	No-longer unringable, rehang of the bells is complete and were test rung on 24 Mar 2021 [Michael Royalton-Kisch]
16/01/2021	1-6; nominals, key amended. Tuning now diatonic. [Matthew Higby via Michael Royalton-Kisch]
09/01/2021	1-6: weight amended; 5: welded [Michael Royalton-Kisch via Email]
22/11/2020	Tenor weight updated [Matthew Higby via Email]
18/11/2020	1-5: wt added; 6: wt amended (all 'as received') [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
10/10/2020	Bells now removed from Church, cracked 5th sent to Soundweld [Alexander Skerritt via Email]
08/10/2020	5: cracked [Alexander Skerritt via e-mail]
23/09/2020	Work started to retune, rehang with new trad fittings, rebuild/strengthen frame (Blyth & Co) [Michael Royalton-Kisch via Email]
03/08/2020	1-6: turning added; 1-5: diam added; fr1,fr2: date,layout added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
03/08/2020	fr1: truss confirmed,maker added; fr2: truss amended [Tim Jackson via e-mail]