The Bell Inn and Shop Adjoining to Left is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. Public house and shop. 5 related planning applications.
The Bell Inn and Shop Adjoining to Left
- WRENN ID
- hollow-buttress-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1962
- Type
- Public house and shop
- Address
- The Bell Inn and Shop Adjoining to Left, CO9 3EJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 785 355
- Coordinates
- 51.98967, 0.59916
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bell Inn and the shop adjoining to the left is a public house and shop that dates back to the 16th century or earlier, with later additions and alterations. The building is timber framed and plastered, topped with a red plain tiled roof that has gables on both the left and right sides. To the left, there is a single-storey shop with a two-level roof. The structure features central and left red brick chimney stacks and stands two storeys high.
The façade has a four-window range of small paned vertically sliding sashes, with the ground floor windows having horns. There are two panelled doors with small paned glazing and lights above, flanked by fluted pilasters, convex friezes, and moulded flat canopies, all accessed by two steps. The single-storey range on the left includes a glazed central door and two shop windows with glazing bars. Inside, there are chamfered ceiling beams and door heads.
Local climate
The Bell Inn and Shop Adjoining to Left 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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