*Location:

   Mount Zion Church
   Quarriers Homes
   (was Orphan Homes of Scotland)
   Church Road
   Quarriers Village
   Bridge of Weir,
     Strathclyde (Renfrew), Scotland
   OS Ref. NS 380 654
   LL: N 55.86840, W 4.61803

Site locator map is not applicable for defunct sites.

*Remarks:

   Original bells, by Llewellins & James,
   were operated by a chiming machine
   & clock from Gillett & Co. of Croydon.
   Added semitones are sharp 4th (b6/#7)
   and flat 7th (b4/#5).
   Organization name changed in 1958.
   Fall 2007: building sold, bells removed
   to storage in care of Scottish Assn.
   of Change Ringers and Keltek Trust;
   re-use within Scotland is intended.
   Baton keyboard, transmission and
   clappers were not salvaged.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   There are two added semitones
   The instrument was replaced in 1946
     with 12 bells made by Gillett & Johnston 
   Prior history:
     In 1888, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nB    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1979

This site and its history are also described here.

A property management page has a photo of the church and its unusual clock tower, accompanying the firm's description of plans to convert the building into 12 luxury apartments.

The Wikipedia article about this place has a photo of Mount Zion Church over the treetops.

SACR page about the departure of the Quarriers Village bells

The Quarriers Website says little about the church and nothing about the bells (probably because they have been sold), but does tell the history of Quarriers and the Orphan Homes.

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

   This page was built from the database on 24-Feb-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/10/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/11/09