The Bell Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Public house. 9 related planning applications.
The Bell Public House
- WRENN ID
- still-joist-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Bell Public House, 32 and 34, the Street, Little Waltham, CM3 3NS
- OS grid reference
- TL 707 126
- Coordinates
- 51.78672, 0.47352
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bell Public House comprises what were originally two separate houses, numbers 32 and 34, now combined. Number 32 is a late 18th or early 19th century house constructed of painted brick and topped with a parapet. It has two storeys and a three-window front, with the central window blocked. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, set in plain reveals. A later 19th-century brick porch projects from the front, featuring a semi-circular arch with a keystone, a brick dentil course, and a cornice. The roof is slate, with a double pitch. Number 34 is an early 19th century timber-framed building with plaster infill. It also has two storeys and a three-window front, with casement windows. The central window is in a Venetian style. A central doorway is characterised by panelled pilasters and an open pediment supported by shaped brackets. The roof is slate. The building forms a group with numbers 26, 30-42 (even), 29-39 (odd), and 43.
Local climate
The Bell Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 6 transactions since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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