The Old Bell

The Old Bell is a house dating to approximately 1614, as indicated by a carving on the porch. It is constructed with a timber frame and plaster infill, featuring old plain tiles and a gable to the right. The building has a 4-bay plan and includes attic and cellar levels. The front elevation has a 3-window range, with mullion and transom windows incorporating leaded lights and casements. A 2-light casement is positioned within the gable. The interior of the house features chevron braced panels. A hipped gable dormer, with a 3-light casement, is visible. The central entrance is a studded plank door within a moulded case, with a leaded overlight under a moulded lintel. A timber porch, with turned posts and balusters, shelters the doorway, and is flanked by mullion and transom windows with leaded lights and casements, beneath a moulded bressummer. The right-hand returned side displays a massive rubble stack base, a 2-light casement, and a canted bay featuring mullion and transom leaded casements on both the ground and first floors. A single-storey wing extends to the rear, built of brick and rubble, with 2 brick stacks. This wing has mullion and transom casements, a plank door, an outshut, and a hipped roof dormer with a 2-light leaded casement. Inside, the house showcases C17 wall paintings, C17 and C18 panelling and doors, stone fireplaces, plaster ceilings, and substantial exposed timber framing. The house was reportedly restored by Staleybrass around 1910.