The Bell Inn

The Bell Inn is a house that has been converted into an inn, dating from the late 15th century. It was remodeled in the late 18th century and has seen later additions and alterations. The building features rendered brick that conceals and partly replaces the original timber frame, topped with a slate roof. It stands two stories tall and has a four-window front. The first floor has plate-glass sash windows, while the ground floor has late 20th-century casements on the left and right, including one that forms a canted bay from a late 19th-century shop or inn front. There are four-panel, half-glazed doors with pilastered surrounds to the right of center, also part of the shop front. A prominent rendered stack is located in front of the ridge, immediately to the left of center.

To the far left, there is a passageway with a massive plank and muntin outer door featuring pointed strap hinges. The framing is exposed on the left wall, showing square panels and a long straight tension brace, and on the right wall of the passage, there is close studding with a middle rail. The outer doorway has mortice holes indicating former vertical posts and a singed head. Inside, the ground-floor room to the right of the stack has a richly moulded cross-beam ceiling, while the left-hand room features a similar spine beam with heavy joists that have ogee and straight-cut stops. There is also evidence of a former jetty at the front and a partly infilled inglenook fireplace with a chamfered wooden lintel. The left gable end is visible through a window in the right gable end of No. 59, Church Street, showcasing square panels, some with wattle and daub and lathe and plaster infill, along with a cambered collar and tie beam supported by vertical struts.