with similarities to the now ruinous Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire, Wales, and decorative arches with carved foliage. The chancel roof is a simple 19th-century construction. It has High Victorian Gothic fittings, including choir stalls, reredos and altar. The interior is mostly whitewashed flagstone, that of the north transept is left bare. The organ, situated in the north transept, is a moderately sized instrument, manufactured by W.G. Vowles of Bristol in 1888. The organ has a pitch-pine case and decorative pipes. It features two manuals, three couplers and a 16 ft swell. Bells During the 17th century, there were 4 bells at Ditcheat, comprising at least one 15th century bell. In 1685, these bells were augmented to five by Thomas Purdue of Closworth, who recast the tenor, and added a treble bell. In 1750, these were augmented to six with a treble cast by William Cockey, and all six bells rehung in a new anticlockwise wooden frame by George Nott. The tenor bell weighed 17 long hundredweight (860 kg). By 1902, restoration was required. The wooden frame from 1750 was in good condition and was strengthened with iron corner plates. The bells were all quarter-turned to reduce the wear on their soundbows, and they received new gudgeons, bearings and clapper joints from John Taylor & Co of Loughborough, Leicestershire. The clock room floor was also removed to give ringers more headroom and the clock mechanism re-sited to the edge of the ringing chamber so that the bell ropes no longer pass through it. The bells were rededicated and reopened on 23 November 1902. In 1918, the 3rd bell cracked, and an estimate was obtained from John Taylor & Co for recasting the 3rd and augmenting the bells to eight with two new trebles. The estimate came to £772. However, only a year later, the 4th bell also cracked, so the estimate was revised to recasting all six bells, and augmenting them to eight. This new estimate came to £1,462. There was some caution to spending this money, money the village did not have, so a compromise was reached between the parish and John Taylor & Co. The terms of the contract, signed on 19 July 1920, says that the parish will pay any money they have upfront, and then pay any outstanding money as it comes in. No interest was to be charged on the outstanding balance in the first twelve