The Bell Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. Inn.
The Bell Inn
- WRENN ID
- lunar-merlon-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Bell Inn, the Street, Kersey
- OS grid reference
- TM 000 441
- Coordinates
- 52.05972, 0.9162
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bell Inn is a 15th and 16th century timber-framed and plastered building that has been significantly restored and modernised. It features a tiled roof and stands two storeys high. The north block includes a cross wing at the south end, which has a jettied upper storey, while the south block also has a jettied upper storey supported by exposed joists. The timber-framing is visible on the front, with some of the timbering renewed, and there is additional exposed framing at the rear. The south block showcases a carved bressumer, and the north block retains an original doorway with a four-centred arch, carved spandrels, and two small lights on the north side. The front façade has a range of five modern casement windows with leaded lights designed in an "old style." The ground storey features two bays with moulded brick sills, and there are two tall external chimney stacks located at the rear.
Local climate
The Bell Inn 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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