A westerly look over the pews to the tower.



Westerly view down church Westerly view down church

The picture on the left is a general view westerly down the church.

The picture on the right shows some of the many changes within the tower. The balcony was added, for an orchestra, before the church had an organ, and has since become the ringing Chamber.

Looking out through the tower there are two windows these date from either end of the 20th century. The older window is of traditional design fitted into the stone arches. The new Window is both a memorial and heat conservancy (stops heat flowing up through the rope guides). The new window has a light oak frame which sits on top of the original dark oak parapet of the balcony.

The tower has had two clocks with the present clock fitted 1910. Both the clocks were driven by manually wound weights. The winding, of the weights, recently been changed from manual to electrical operation. Prior to the winding change a few tonnes used to hang above the treble ringers head, now only a few kilos hang in the clock chamber. After the new clock was fitted the old clock was transferred to the Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole.

Six bells were fitted in the tower in 1824. In 1927 the bells were retuned and fittings modernised and in 2002 the 1824 wooden frame was strengthened.