17, Bell Street

17 Bell Street is a Grade II listed building from the late 17th century. It is a tall, plastered house that is timber-framed and features a steep gabled roof. To the west of the door, there is a 19th-century shopfront. The building has two storeys, a cellar, and attics, with a total of four windows on the front. Originally, the front was symmetrical and included two gabled dormers in the old red tiled roof. There is a moulded eaves cornice that breaks forward over each window. The 18th-century flush box sashes have moulded architraves and consist of six-over-six panes of crown glass set in thick glazing bars.

Access to the house is via three stone steps leading to a six-panel door, with the top two panels being glazed. The door has a broad frame with an architrave and is topped by a flat moulded hood supported by heavy cut brackets, which has a small steep hipped ogee metal roof.

To the west, there is a window extension that features 18th-century details but has a lower slate gabled roof at the same eaves height. The 19th-century shopfront has two windows and a central door, with pilasters, trusses, and a fascia. An early 19th-century eight-over-eight flush sash window is located to the east of the door. The ground floor of the eastern gable is weatherboarded, while the upper part is plastered.

At the eastern end, there is a contemporary two-storey rear wing that has a lateral stack at the junction and is finished with old red tiles and weatherboarding. The western face of this wing features an 18th-century flush boxed sash window with six-over-six panes and thick glazing bars. There is also an 18th-century single-storey brick kitchen with a pantiled roof that adjoins the rear wing, complete with a chimney at the junction. Additionally, there is a single-storey weatherboarded and slated stable that adjoins the property, as well as a large single-storey lean-to extension at the rear of the main house, which has a slate roof.