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
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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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