Sir Charles Barry’s (he had been knighted in 1852) original plan called for an hour bell of 14 tons together with eight quarter bells of various sizes, but Edmund Beckett Denison had designed the mechanism to chime the quarters on just four bells and his reason for doing this would become apparent.Īt one time there were many foundries scattered throughout the length and breadth of the United Kingdom supplying bells for the numerous churches which were being built, but nowadays the few churches which are under construction are seldom provided with bells, so that the number of bell foundries has declined to such an extent that only a few remain. The great bell on which the Westminster clock would strike the hours was to be the largest ever cast in Britain.
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