| Place | Belfast Assembly Buildings |
| County | Antrim |
| County borough | City of Belfast |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Dove tower ID | 25571 |
| Rings | 12 (chime), tenor 41–3–5 in CSee below |
| Grid reference | J335739 |
| Latitude & longitude | 54.59598, -5.93434View on OpenStreetMapList nearest towers |
| Satnav lat & long | No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details |
| Postcode | BT1 6DU |
| Church | Presbyterian Church in Ireland |
| Listed grade | B+ by Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division |
| Bells | 12 (chime)Edit details |
| Tenor | 41–3–5 (4681 lb or 2123 kg) in C (520.0 Hz) |
| Bell | Weight | Nominal | Note | Diameter | Dated | Founder | Canons | Turning | Hanging | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3–0–12 | 1311.5 | E | 25.06″ | 1904 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 2 | 4–0–3 | 1168.0 | D | 27.63″ | 1904 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 3 | 5–3–9 | 1040.5 | C | 31.19″ | 1904 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 4 | 6–2–9 | 982.0 | B | 32.63″ | 1904 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 5 | 7–2–18 | 926.5 | A♯ | 34.68″ | 1904 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 6 | 9–0–6 | 874.5 | A | 36.68″ | 1904 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 7 | 12–1–3 | 779.0 | G | 40.50″ | 1904 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 8 | 14–2–9 | 736.0 | F♯ | 43.00″ | 1904 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 9 | 17–3–20 | 694.0 | F | 46.00″ | 1904 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 10 | 20–3–12 | 660.5 | E | 48.68″ | 1904 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 11 | 28–2–6 | 584.0 | D | 54.13″ | 1904 | John Taylor & Co | F | D | |||
| 12 | 41–3–5 | 520.0 | C | 61.25″ | 1904 | John Taylor & Co | F | D |
[1]Source of info and other notes assembled by C J Pickford from and thanks to the Taylor Archives
Job book 140 p.273 - 1904 extracted by C J Pickford, Jun 2024.
Casting dates: 16 September, 7, 14 and 19 October 1904
Completion and invoicing: Left the works, mid-February 1905. Completed 11 March 1905 and invoiced same date (daybook 10 p.451) to Sir Hugh and Lady Smiley, Belfast (per Messrs Young & Mackenzie, architects, Scottish Provident Building, Belfast), at a total cost of £1672.14.8, which included the cost of the bells (£1205.15.0.), charges for inscriptions (1199 letters) £19.19.8, for modelling two coats of arms (in plaster) and inscribing lead casts from the same on 12 bells (£22), fittings for eleven bells (£159), steel girder frame (£160), fittings and framework for the larger half-tone bell (£36), and for fixing (£70).
Inscriptions:
On the largest bell:
THIS PEAL OF BELLS WAS PRESENTED / TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY / OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND BY / SIR HUGH HOUSTON SMILEY, BARONET, / AND / LADY ELIZABETH KERR SMILEY, / A.D. 1904. / “LET THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE, O GOD; LET ALL THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE.” PSALM 67.
On each of the other eleven bells:
PRESENTED BY SIR HUGH & LADY SMILEY 1904 / “LET THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE, O GOD; LET ALL THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE.” PSALM 67.
Published: 15/06/2024; updated: 16/06/2024