I just received an email from a church in West Sussex. They were kind enough to take photos of the clock that they have in their church for me. The clock is no longer being used and it hangs in a corner of the church in the main worship area.
The clock has been extensively modified. It has had a pendulum added to the mechanism. This is very common and only one clock of this style still has the original escapement. Anyway, here are some of the photos that were sent to me.
Click to see it larger.
This clock does have a different finial style then some of the other clock from this make but not that different.
This photo I have marked up to show a few things...
There are two things to notice here. First notice the long line at the top. This part of the clock is a windbrake. When the clock starts to ring the bell, it is controlled by gravity. Without the windbrake, the bell ringing would speed up. This would cause to do something like this... ring........ring......ring...ring..ring.ring. Anyway, this windbrake is just under a beam of wood. There is no way this clock could work at its current location as the windbrake cannot spin.
The other item I have marked up is the circled area of the frame. This hole is used to hold the medieval style escapement and it has been removed. This picture from my clock shows the hole.
I have about 10 high rez photos of the clock in West Sussex. Still studying them...
2 comments:
I enjoy hearing how helpful these churches are. It's interesting that they hung the clock in a corner, like a display. It's not particularly attractive in that location.
It wasn't that long ago that they just would have chucked the thing out- it's surprising that it survived the WWII scrap drives. Thank you, West Sussex!
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