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The present church at Brading dates
back to the 12th century although links go back to 686. The village used to be
a port, and the quay can still be seen. The tower is unusual in that it is
built on four piers at the entrance to the church; the ringing room formed a
balcony at the western end of the nave (now separate by a
Perspex screen) and
is reached by climbing the wooden ladder under the tower.
The bells are on two levels in a wooden frame; the second, third and fifth are on the top tier and the remaining five bells are below. The oldest bell is the tenor, dated 1594; 6th by Clement Tozier (1709), 7th by "RB" (1622). Up until 1887 there were four bells, when Mears and Stainbank recast the old treble, added four bells and rehung the remainder. Plans have been in place for a number of years to rehang, retune the front bells so that they are less sharp, & augmenting to 10
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