The Bell Public House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Public house. 1 related planning application.

The Bell Public House

WRENN ID
shadowed-marble-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Public house
Address
The Bell Public House, Baldock Road, Cottered, SG9 9PT
OS grid reference
TL 317 292
Coordinates
51.9465, -0.08453
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bell Public House is a building that originally served as a house, dating from the early 18th century, with a low 19th century extension to the east. It features a timber frame that is weatherboarded and has a steep thatched roof, which is half-hipped at the eastern end. The eastern extension is plastered and has a slated roof, while a flat-roofed rear extension is not of special interest. The building is one and a half storeys tall, facing north, with a one-storey eastern extension. Inside, there is a west gable chimney with a winding stair beside it and an external chimney located at the southeast corner. A cellar is present under the eastern part of the main building. The front of the building has four windows and a plank door next to the second window from the left. The windows are small paned flush casement types, and there is an eyebrow dormer at the eaves. The eastern extension features a seven-light window. Inside, the building retains exposed timbers and floor structure. It was once a wheelwright's house and also operated as The Chequers Public House.

Local climate

The Bell Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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