This is the Church Tower Caroline Brown of Ormesby built ( Her money, through her generous will, enabled a start to be made on its building 120 years ago in 1905). It is an integral part of St Cuthbert’s Church, Ormesby. The Tower is now in certain parts falling to bits. Its spire, pinnacles, parapets and louvres are in urgent need of restoration not just to stabilise the whole structure but to protect within it the wonderful peal of eight bells- the only working bells in the Middlesbrough Deanery- whose ringing is enjoying a renaissance. This is under the remarkable leadership and outstanding talents of a 17 year old ringing master, Harry Helyer .Caroline Brown was a successful business woman associated with brickmaking in Normanby. She owned Ormesby House in Church Lane, Ormesby. She died in February 1905. The work of building the Tower and installing the bells was completed in 1908, marked by a special service of dedication at Ormesby by the then archbishop of York. Her grave site in Ormesby churchyard is eye catching and one of many attractive features in God’s Acre which is a haven of nature and peace beloved of the church congregation, local walkers and their dogs and a respite for many against the busy background hum of the A174 Parkway. The Church and church yard contains many monuments and evidences of generations of the Pennymans who had the adjacent Ormesby Hall, now owned by the National Trust.