The Six Bells and Former Stables to Rear is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Inn. 1 related planning application.

The Six Bells and Former Stables to Rear

WRENN ID
roaming-lintel-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 January 1985
Type
Inn
Address
The Six Bells and Former Stables to Rear, 1, Church Street, Bishop's Castle, SY9 5AA
OS grid reference
SO 322 884
Coordinates
52.49016, -2.99871
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Six Bells is a house that has been converted into an inn with stabling, originally built in the 17th century and remodelled in the mid to late 19th century. The structure is timber framed, although mostly rebuilt in limestone rubble and finished with stucco that is incised to resemble ashlar. It features a slate roof with a catslide over an outshut at the rear. The building is L-shaped, with two storeys and an attic.

The front has three mid- to late-19th century gabled dormers, each with 2-light casements. There are semi-integral end stacks with brick top stages and a tall lateral brick stack at the rear. The façade has three windows, which are mid- to late-19th century wooden casements with thin mullions and transoms. The central entrance is a boarded door with a late 19th century gabled porch that projects onto the pavement.

To the right, there is a late 19th century hipped-roofed addition that has one 2-light casement on each floor. Inside, there are remains of the original timber frame. The rear wing, also late 19th century, is made of painted brick with a slate roof and has two lateral brick stacks on the north side, along with late 19th century casements.

Adjoining to the west are the stables, constructed in the late 19th century from coursed limestone rubble with a slate roof, which steps up the slope. This structure has two storeys, featuring two first-floor boarded loft doors, two ground-floor boarded doors, and an off-centre window to the left. There is also a late 19th century one-storey brick addition to the left of the stables.

Local climate

The Six Bells and Former Stables to Rear receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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