The Eight Bells

The Eight Bells is a public house dating from the early to mid-19th century, with a 16th to 17th century wing at the rear. The facade and the right-hand return front are made of white brick, while the rest of the building is constructed from red brick, topped with a slated roof. The building has three storeys and features a three-window range with inset sashes that include glazing bars and flat brick arches. The central doorway has a 20th-century four-panel door, with the upper two panels being glazed, and is flanked by narrow sidelights and a semi-circular fanlight with glazing bars. A heavy late 19th-century hood supported by ornamental cast iron brackets covers the entrance, where iron letters 'S' and 'C' for Samuel Clouting are positioned on either side. The eaves are finished with a paired mutule cornice. At the rear, there is a timber-framed and pantiled outbuilding that was renovated around 1980 and incorporated into the main building.