Bell Inn is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
Bell Inn
- WRENN ID
- endless-lantern-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Bell Inn, Main Road, Marlesford, IP13 0AY
- OS grid reference
- TM 328 577
- Coordinates
- 52.16927, 1.40371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bell Inn is a public house dating from the late 17th or early 18th century. It is constructed with a timber frame, now roughcast rendered, and has a gable end of painted brick. The roof is thatched. The inn is of single storey plus attic height, with 2-light and 3-light casement windows and two doorways, each containing a 4-panel door. There are three gabled dormers. Later extensions to the rear feature pantile roofing and flat roofing.
Local climate
Bell Inn sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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