Chris Coleman, tower captain
Telephone 828-697-0446 or cellphone 828-606-5807


Sunday Ringing: 10:45-11:10 am for 11:15 service
Practices: Monday 7:30 - 9 pm, Saturdays 10:30 am-12 noon
If you are a visitor and coming from a distance,
a call in advance is advised (and appreciated).

If all doors are locked, come to the door in the corner of the cloister porch nearest the tower. There is a doorbell up high on the right. The other doorbells cannot be heard in the tower.


THROUGH a bequest from Sadie Patton, a long-time communicant of this
church, this tower was erected as a memorial to her and her husband. 

 +  The tower is seventy-two feet high  

 +  The original service bell of this parish is believed to have been stolen by Union soldiers under the command of Gen'l George Stoneman. Its replacement was cast by Meneely, West Troy NY. It is now hung dead and chimed as an Angelus and Sanctus bell.

+  A ring of eight bells was cast at Whitechapel in 1977 and installed in 1978.  

The Bells of St. James