The Bell Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1984. Public house. 1 related planning application.

The Bell Hotel

WRENN ID
sheer-groin-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1984
Type
Public house
Address
The Bell Hotel, Ferry Road, Walberswick, IP18 6TN
OS grid reference
TM 499 747
Coordinates
52.31424, 1.66572
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bell Hotel is a public house dating from the 17th century, which has been significantly altered and extended to the west in the late 19th century. The roof was rebuilt after a fire in 1949. The building has a timber-framed core with brick extensions and a plastered facade, topped with a modern plain tile roof. It stands two storeys high with an attic. The modern casement windows feature square leaded panes and lack transoms. The older section includes two 5-light splayed bay windows and a modern porch with a half-glazed door, all beneath a continuous moulded wood cornice. The late 19th-century extension matches this style, featuring a full-height gable facing the front, one 5-light bay window, and one half-glazed door with a flat hood. There is one internal stack and one external stack on the west side. To the east, there is a former stable block now used as a restaurant, constructed of painted brick with pantiles, single storey, featuring three sash windows and a four-panel door. The building is included for its group value.

Local climate

The Bell Hotel receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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