The Bell Inn

The Bell Inn is a restaurant that was formerly an inn, dating back to the mid-16th century with 17th-century additions and later alterations. It features a timber-framed structure that is rendered and exposed, with the eastern gable partly weatherboarded and a plastered plinth. The roof is covered with plain tiles, and there is a red brick ridge stack located to the left of center. The building is two storeys high and includes rear outshuts and a stair turret, maintaining its original three-unit plan with a continuous jetty on the main elevation.

The façade consists of five timber-framed bays that are close-studded, with wide tension braces that are trenched behind the studs and nailed, which are exposed at the first floor. The first floor previously had bolection-moulded plaster panels. The main entrance features a panelled door approached by steps that are recessed into a 19th-century passage cut through the chimney stack. There is also a boarded door to the east in a cross passage position. The ground floor has two metal casement windows and one oriel window to the left of the entrance. On the first floor, there are three casement windows with 20th-century leaded lights.

Inside, the original plan has been altered, with the service partition removed and the entry to the staircase opposite the stack sealed. The floor joists have roll and hollow chamfered moulding, and there are some 17th-century carved panelling and frieze panels, along with an octagonal newel post at the staircase. The inn has been known as The Bell since around 1670, and the inscription 'Ms 48th Reg 1814' is painted on a beam.