The Five Bell Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Basildon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1950. Inn. 5 related planning applications.

The Five Bell Inn

WRENN ID
swift-screen-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Basildon
Constituency
South Basildon and East Thurrock MP: James McMurdock (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 March 1950
Type
Inn
Address
The Five Bell Inn, London Road, SS16 5LD
OS grid reference
TQ 709 865
Coordinates
51.55179, 0.46422
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Five Bell Inn is an early 18th century timber-framed and weatherboarded building, which has a later addition on the east end and a single-storey addition at the west end that was formerly a forge. The front of the building features 19th century alterations and additions. It stands at two storeys high and has casement windows, with the ground storey displaying a canted bay. The main block has a tiled roof with two gabled dormers, while the forge has a pantiled roof.

Local climate

The Five Bell Inn 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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