*Location:

   Westcroft Park
   Chobham, Surrey, England
   OS Ref. SU 953 637

Site locator map not applicable for defunct sites.

*Remarks:

   Reduced from a carillon to a clock-chime
   on the death of its owner.
   Also reported as 25 or 28 bells.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The instrument was enlarged in 1932
     with  5 bells made by Gillett & Johnston 
   Prior history:
     In 1926, the instrument was begun with 18 bells
       by Gillett & Johnston
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2004

This site and its history are also described here.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry.

   This page was built from the database on 24-Feb-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2004/06/16
   and on technical data last updated on 2004/06/16