Before and after: Ancient Somerset church clock is restored
The church was previously believed to have dated back to the 16th Century but experts put it at around 1400 after looking at the construction, making it one of the oldest working clocks in the country.Two restorers spent a difficult hour on a cherry picker reinstalling the clock after its makeover."It didn't go back the way it came on," said Symon Boyd from Timsbury Clocks near Bath, who has spent eight weeks working on the timepiece."Clocks are a work of art and a thing of beauty. What we've produced now will still be running in 300 or 400 years," he added.
Churchwarden Nic Laycock said: "It is a matter of pride that this Somerset treasure has been restored."St Catherine's now wants to use the clock as a springboard to draw in more visitors.The clock room in the church tower has been fitted with new lighting and cameras and there are plans for an exhibition.
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