New Bell Public House

The New Bell Public House, originally a house, dates from the late 16th century and has additions from the 18th and 20th centuries. It is timber framed, with colourwashed render and a roof that was once thatched but is now covered with plain tiles. The building has two storeys and an attic.

The entrance front features a 19th-century addition on the right, which has brick walling at the ground floor and a hipped roof. To the left, there is a projecting single-storey addition from the 20th century, also with a hipped roof, a plain brick end wall, a strip window on the right side, and a doorway on the left side. A further 20th-century porchway with a hipped roof and a plank door is located to the right. Between these two additions, there is a 3-light casement window from the 19th or 20th century on the left and a similar window on the right. The first floor has one 3-light and three 2-light casement windows. The roof is hipped on the right and gabled on the left, with an axial stack to the left of centre featuring two flues with renewed brickwork. Below the ridge on the right, there is another single-flue stack, likely originally with two flues.

On the right side, there are doorways at both the right and left, along with a 3-light casement window at ground level on the right. The first floor has two 3-light casement windows, and there is a two-light attic window on the left with a flat-roofed dormer above it. The left gable end has a 2-light window at ground level and a 3-light window on the first floor. The rear of the building features a projecting wing on the left that is two storeys high and another on the right that is one and a half storeys high, with a flat-roofed outshut between them at ground level.

Inside, the ground floor has chamfered ceiling beams and close studding. There are signs of a screens passage and a division between service rooms, indicated by mortice holes in a beam. A pine beam and rafters from the 18th century can be found in the room beyond the service rooms. The first floor has jowled wall posts and wind bracing in the roof.