*Location:

   Church of Sts. Peter & Paul
   Cattistock, Dorset, England
   OS Ref. SY 59 99

Site locator map not applicable for defunct sites.

*Remarks:

   Tower was designed for the carillon,
   and completed in 1876.
   First 33 bells were cast in 1872 by
   Severin van Aerschodt, Louvain,
   delivered in 1887 but not installed.
   Last two bells were cast in 1899 by
   Felix van Aerschodt, who also
   installed the carillon.  Three octaves,
   including keyboard D# but not C# or
   F#; 8 basses hung for change-ringing.
   Destroyed by fire in September, 1940;
   scrap metal recast into a ring of 8
   by Mears, 1953.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   Transposition is up  1 semitone(s), i.e., from C to C#
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1899
     with bells made by vanAerschodt     
   Auxiliary mechanisms: BQR8nM
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

This site and its history are also described here.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the van Aerschodt bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the van Aerschodt bellfoundry.

   This page was built from the database on 24-Feb-25
   based on textual data last updated on 1992/03/22
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/06/30