The Old Bell Public House is a Grade II* listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1948. Public house.
The Old Bell Public House
- WRENN ID
- young-hinge-sage
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Hemel Hempstead MP: David Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1948
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Old Bell Public House, High Street, HP1 3AF
- OS grid reference
- TL 055 078
- Coordinates
- 51.75935, -0.47178
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bell Public House is an early 18th century building located on High Street, originally established on the site of an inn from 1603. It features a colour brick front with a rainwater head dated 1725. The building stands three storeys high and includes a band at the second floor level, a moulded brick cornice, and a parapet. There are five sash windows, with a canted bay on the left side of the ground floor. A wide balcony with decorative iron railings, which is of later date, is present on the first floor. Inside, the front bar showcases early 19th century French scenic wallpaper. The second floor has two dummy windows, while the first floor includes a central balcony doorway with a six-panel door and a fanlight.
Local climate
The Old Bell Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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