The Bell Inn

The Bell Inn is a public house that originated as a house in the 16th century, with extensions added in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It features a timber frame that is partly plastered and partly constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, topped with a roof made of handmade red plain tiles. The building consists of parallel ranges aligned northwest-southeast, with a stack positioned between them. The 16th-century section is on the right, while the early 19th-century brick range is on the left. There is also a lower 18th-century range at the rear, aligned northeast-southwest, extending to the southwest, with a stack located behind the main axis.

The building has two storeys and an attic. The southeast elevation shows that the 16th-century range is jettied, supported by one plain bracket. Below the jetty, there is an early 20th-century splayed bay window with sashes, and above it, another early 20th-century sash window. The entrance features a six-panel door with an iron bootscraper on the steps. The early 19th-century range has no windows on the ground floor but includes one early 19th-century sash window on the first floor, with the lower sash replaced. The southwest wing contains one 19th-century sash window with 10 + 10 lights, a 20th-century sash window in a lean-to dormer, and a 20th-century half-glazed door beneath a gambrel roof.

On the left return of the early 19th-century range, there is one original sash window with 16 lights and crown glass on the ground floor. The 16th-century range consists of two bays with an arched central tie beam, although the braces are missing, and there is inserted wattle below it. The right wall plate features an edge-halved and bridled scarf joint. The wall has diamond mortices and rebates for an unglazed window on the upper floor, which are blocked by an 18th-century stack truncated below the roof level. A straight tension brace is trenched outside the studs in this wall, though most of the frame is concealed by plaster. The 18th-century southwest wing has chamfered beams with lamb's tongue stops and plain joists of vertical section. Inside, there is an early 19th-century corner cupboard with an arched head and a Greek key border.