Church Clock
The north face of the church tower sports a
clock face with gilded roman
numerals and hands. The clock was purchased and installed in 1896,
thanks to a bequest of £100 from Louisa Grimstead, tenant of Manor Farm,
who had died the previous year.
The clock was made by Thwaites & Reed of
Clerkenwell, London, and was
supplied and installed in the bell-ringing chamber by George W Tyte of
Wells. It has a 2-train, flat bed arrangement with a dead-beat
escapement. Originally it had to be wound by hand every week, but an
automatic electric winder was added in 1993
The clock face was damaged in a storm in 1993, and had to be repaired and re-gilded. The clock itself developed serious faults in 1999, and was dismantled, removed, repaired and replaced the following year.