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Perth, Western Australia, Australia, The Bell Tower (Swan Bells)
Place Perth
The Bell Tower (Swan Bells)
Shown in county lists as Perth Bell Tower
State Western Australia
Country Australia
Dove tower ID 16028
Rings 16 (full-circle ring), tenor 29–0–14 in C♯See below
26 (chime), tenor 1–1–4 in BSee below
5 (clock chime), hour bell 12–1–6 in GSee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 1See below
Latitude & longitude -31.95898, 115.85822View on Google Map or OpenStreetMapList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Ownership Local Authority (secular)
URLs http://www.anzab.org.au/towers.php?tower=SWA
https://belltowerringers.asn.au/
Affiliation Australian and New Zealand Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 1514 performances here, of which 63 were peals and 32 were in the last two years
Ring of 16, tenor 29–0–14 in C♯
Bells 16 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 29–0–14 (3262 lb or 1480 kg) in C♯ (556.0 Hz)
Extra bells 3♭ and 10♭
All rings
1629–0–14 in C♯16 as tenor
1214–1–8 in F♯13 as tenor, using 10♭ and 3♭
611–2–11 in G♯12 as tenor
87–1–3 in C♯9 as tenor
65–0–20 in F♯6 as tenor, using 3♭
Practices Sun (see tower website) 11:00
Peals View 62 peals in the Felstead Database
Also Simulator
Additional information Also a 26-bell chime
Ringing Centre
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
14–2–112508.0D♯23.13″1998Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
24–2–212234.0C♯24.00″1988Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
35–0–202105.0B♯24.25″1988Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
45–0–01874.0A♯25.50″1988Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
55–1–271670.5G♯26.75″1758Abel RudhallRYFC
65–0–201488.5F♯27.50″1770Thomas RudhallRYFC
75–2–101405.0E♯28.63″1758Abel RudhallRYFC
85–3–171252.5D♯29.75″1725Abraham II RudhallRYFC
97–1–31116.0C♯32.50″1725Abraham II RudhallRYFC
107–2–191049.5B♯33.75″1725Abraham II RudhallRYFC
119–2–8935.5A♯36.25″1725Abraham II RudhallRYFC
1211–2–11833.0G♯39.38″1725Abraham II RudhallRYFC
1314–1–8742.0F♯43.25″1725Abraham II RudhallRYFC
1416–1–11700.5E♯45.63″1725Abraham II RudhallRYFC
1521–1–19624.0D♯50.63″1725Abraham II RudhallRYFC
1629–0–14556.0C♯55.75″1726Abraham II RudhallRYFC
3♭5–0–151988.0B25.00″1988Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
10♭8–3–19991.3B35.38″1988Whitechapel Bell FoundryFNFC
Source: RW2000/470(Rings of 12,MW); C Pickford; R Offen; A Higson; N Bowden; TimJ(REMRKS271/3)
Contributed by: John Baldwin
Chime of 26, tenor 1–1–4 in B
Bells 26 (chime)Edit details
Tenor 1–1–4 (144 lb or 65 kg) in B (1978.0 Hz)
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
10–0–178380.0C7.00″2006Taylors, Eayre & SmithFN
20–0–167912.0B7.00″2006Taylors, Eayre & SmithFN
30–0–187456.0A♯7.50″2006Taylors, Eayre & SmithFN
40–0–187040.0A7.50″2006Taylors, Eayre & SmithFN
50–0–206644.0G♯7.88″1969John Taylor & CoFY
60–0–196268.0G7.88″1969John Taylor & CoFY
70–0–185920.0F♯7.88″1969John Taylor & CoFY
80–0–175592.0F7.88″1969John Taylor & CoFY
90–0–165272.0E7.88″1969John Taylor & CoFY
100–0–214976.0D♯8.75″1969John Taylor & CoFY
110–0–194696.0D8.75″1969John Taylor & CoFY
120–0–234436.0C♯9.06″1969John Taylor & CoFY
130–0–224188.0C9.13″1969John Taylor & CoFY
140–0–253952.0B9.50″1969John Taylor & CoFY
150–1–13732.0A♯10.13″1969John Taylor & CoFY
160–1–53520.0A10.50″1969John Taylor & CoFY
170–1–123324.0G♯11.19″1969John Taylor & CoFY
180–1–173139.0G11.50″1969John Taylor & CoFY
190–1–202962.0F♯12.19″1969John Taylor & CoFY
200–1–272794.0F12.69″1969John Taylor & CoFY
210–2–52638.0E13.25″1969John Taylor & CoFY
220–2–232490.0D♯14.13″1969John Taylor & CoFY
230–3–92350.0D15.00″1969John Taylor & CoFY
240–3–272217.0C♯16.00″1969John Taylor & CoFY
251–0–152093.0C17.00″1969John Taylor & CoFY
261–1–41978.0B17.88″1969John Taylor & CoFY
Clock chime, hour bell 12–1–6 in G
Bells 5 (clock chime)Edit details
Hour bell 12–1–6 (1378 lb or 625 kg) in G (782.0 Hz)
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Clock12–1–6782.0G41.00″1960Mears & StainbankFY
Quarter 11–3–161974.5B20.00″1960Mears & StainbankFY
Quarter 22–1–51758.5A21.88″1960Mears & StainbankFY
Quarter 33–0–161564.0G24.00″1960Mears & StainbankFY
Quarter 44–3–01167.0D29.00″1960Mears & StainbankFY
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
ANZAC127–2–6369.0F♯87.00″2018VEEMFN
Display9–0–436.25″c1550†John SaundersYN
Details of frame
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
11,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,3b,10b of 161988SteelLocal labour/guild/assn8.1.B.c18
Frame modifications:
Frame 1: 2000
Contributed by: Tim Jackson
Update log
22/07/2024URL added
09/04/2020fr1: date amended,mod date added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
27/03/2020Presence of simulator noted [TimJ (#271 per R Offen) via e-mail]
27/03/20201-16,3b,10b: frameid added; fr1: details added [Tim Jackson via e-mail]
10/03/2020Practice now starts at 11:00 (rather than 12:00) [Simon McMillan, Deryn Griffiths (ANZAB webmasters) via e-mail]
02/03/2019ANZAC: nominal added [Nick Bowden via 00013325]
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Content: Dove Team – Programming: Richard Smith & Sid Baldwin.
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