Ring O' Bells Public House is a Grade II* listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1953. Public house. 3 related planning applications.

Ring O' Bells Public House

WRENN ID
south-minaret-winter
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 December 1953
Type
Public house
Address
Ring O' Bells Public House, 52 and 54, King Street, LA1 1RE
OS grid reference
SD 476 615
Coordinates
54.04682, -2.80155
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ring o' Bells Public House is a mid-18th century building that has been altered in the 19th century. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof. The building has a double-depth plan with a central extension at the rear and stands three storeys tall with four bays above a cellar. The left corner has raised quoins, and there are bands on two levels along with a moulded eaves cornice.

The main entrance is located in the second bay and features a recessed porch with an impressive pedimented doorcase. This doorcase includes fluted Doric engaged columns, a triglyph frieze adorned with carved military trophies, and a prominent segmental pediment with mutules. To the right, in the fourth bay, there is a doorway with a simple moulded surround and an overlight with margin panes. The first and third bays have shuttered cellar openings. All windows are sashed without glazing bars, featuring moulded architraves, projecting moulded sills, and aprons. The building has gable chimney stacks.

At the rear, the central extension has a carried-down roof and a flat-faced flush-mullion 2-light window on the first floor, with similar windows on each floor to the left and at the first floor to the right. Inside, there is a dogleg staircase with a closed string and turned balusters.

Local climate

Ring O' Bells Public House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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