Tour
Of The Holy Name Of Jesus
Exterior View Of
Church
The tower as originally designed by Hansom
would have been half as high again as
the present tower, but was not built due
to poor ground conditions under the foundations.
The present tower was added as a memorial
to Father Bernard Vaughan S.J., Rector
of the Holy Name (1888-1901). It is 185ft.
high and was completed in 1928 to the
designs of Giles and Adrian Gilbert Scott.
The tower contains a chime of 15 bells
by Gillet and Johnson. A new mechanism
was installed in 1995 and plays automatically
the Angelus and some twenty hymn tunes
as well as bell ringing before Mass etc.
There is also a keyboard for manual operation.
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