The Five Bells Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The Five Bells Public House
- WRENN ID
- fallen-loft-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Five Bells Public House, Northill Road, Cople, MK44 3TU
- OS grid reference
- TL 103 484
- Coordinates
- 52.12328, -0.38904
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Five Bells Public House is a 17th-century public house located on Northill Road in Copple. It features a colour-washed rough cast exterior over a timber frame and has a clay tile roof. The building has a four-room plan with a single-bay addition to the south gable end and stands two storeys tall. There are 19th and 20th-century additions at the rear. The windows are a mix of casement types, all with glazing bars, with four on the ground floor and five on the first floor. The entrance includes two plank doors.
Local climate
The Five Bells Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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