| Place | London S Bartholomew Less |
| Lieutenancy area | City of London |
| Country | England |
| Historic county | Middlesex |
| Dove tower ID | 21748 |
| Rings | 3 (chime), tenor 6¾ cwt in BSee below 1 (other bells)See below |
| Frames | 1See below |
| Grid reference | TQ318816 |
| Latitude & longitude | 51.51793, -0.10066View on OpenStreetMapList nearest towers |
| Satnav lat & long | No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details |
| Postcode | EC1A 9HY |
| Diocese | London |
| Church | Church of England |
| Listed grade | II* by Historic England |
| Church heritage record | 7565 |
| URL | http://london.lovesguide.com/tower.php?id=739 |
| Bells | 3 (chime)Edit details |
| Tenor | 6¾ cwt (~760 lb or ~340 kg) in B (963.0 Hz) |
| Overhauled | 1951 by Mears & Stainbank Bells hoisted into belfry and hung stationary with chiming hammers & chime bracket & all necessary fittings for stationary use. 1940 by Mears & Stainbank All 3 bells formerly hung for full circle ringing. Bells 2 and 3 removed from the tower for safety during the War and stored at Cleeve Abbey, Somerset |
| Additional information | Ellacombe apparatus |
| Bell | Weight | Nominal | Note | Diameter | Dated | Founder | Canons | Turning | Hanging | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3–2–12 | 1223.0 | D♯ | 26.00″ | 1869 | Mears & Stainbank | Y | D | |||
| 2 [3] | 5 cwt | 1084.0 | C♯ | 29.25″ | c1380† | John Langhorne | Y | D | |||
| 3 [4] | 6¾ cwt | 963.0 | B | 33.50″ | c1420† | Richard Crouch | Y | D |
| Bells | 1 (other bells)Edit details |
| Bell | Weight | Nominal | Note | Diameter | Dated | Founder | Canons | Turning | Hanging | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanctus | 1¾ cwt | 1846.0 | A♯ | 19.43″ | 1825 | Thomas II Mears | Y | S |
| Frame | Bells | Year | Material | Maker | Truss | Layout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 [5] | 1,2,3,Sanctus | c1480 | Oak | 5.F | 5.3 |
[1]Source contributor
D L Cawley, Jun 1966
Published: 23/11/2021
[2]Status of the parish
St Bartholomew the Less is the only parish church physically situated within a hospital. It ministers to patients, staff, and visitors.
Published: 25/07/2024
[3]Notes
2 of 3: 6 canons
Published: 23/11/2021; updated: 06/02/2024
[4]Notes
3 of 3: 6 canons
Published: 23/11/2021; updated: 06/02/2024
[5]Notes on the frame
The frame is long-headed with king posts, curved braces from post to sill, end-posts, and curved braces from braces to end-posts. It is nicely chamfered. The head of the transverse pit was replaced but otherwise it is largely unaltered. [Visit by Chris Dalton & Chris Pickford, 2000]. Dendronology dates the frame to as far back as 1480, making it the oldest frame in the City of London [The Tree-Ring Analysis of the Bellframe at the Church of St Bartholomew the Less, London EC1, Ian Tyers, Aug 2003]. It was built for 5 bells and all the pits have been occupied at some point in its history, however since at least 1578, there have only ever been 3 bells in the tower [Churchwarden accounts]. The sanctus bell is now in the original tenor pit with post-War Mears & Stainbank fittings, but it did originally hang at a slightly higher level in a flimsy wooden framework in the south belfry window
Published: 13/08/2023
| 13/08/2023 | Fr1, events of 1940, 1951 added [Dickon Love with research from C J Pickford, I Tyers, C J N Dalton] |