The Trust used its Bell Rescue Fund to acquire the eight-bell chime from the former church of St Mary, Highfield St,
Liverpool. The bells came available after the church and site were sold for re-development. The current brick building opened on 18th June 1953 and was designed by Messrs Weightman & Bullen. The building replaced the Pugin church which was destroyed by enemy action on 4th May 1941. The chime of eight bells, cast in 1952 by John Taylor Bellfounders of Loughborough, replaced those damaged during the war. The bells were removed at the beginning of January 2000 by the Merseyside Bell Restoration Group.
Stanton-in-Peak, Derbyshire
The front four bells of the Liverpool chime have been installed as the back four of a light ring of six at Stanton-in-Peak, Derbyshire. Their existing ring of bells with a tenor weight of approximately 10 cwt were considered too large and heavy for the tower and have not been rung full-circle in living memory.
The existing bell frame is of unusual design with some bells swinging into adjacent pits and one swings into the louvres!
The new installation was completed during March 2003.
The old bell-frame prior to removal.
The "old" ring of bells from Stanton have been offered to Hartington, Derbyshire.
