The Bell Inn

The Bell Inn is a public house located on Stowmarket Road in Great Blakenham. It dates from the early 19th century but has a core that dates back to the late 16th or early 17th century. The building is two storeys high and features three windows. It is constructed of painted red brick and has a dentilled eaves cornice. The roofs are covered with plain tiles and have end chimneys made of red brick. The sash windows have flat arches, flush frames, and small-pane sashes. The entrance door has six panels and is sheltered by an open gabled porch, which has walls of painted brick and a gabled plain-tiled roof. The porch features a round-arched opening with splayed reveals and an open niche above. To the right of the main building, there is a small 20th-century lean-to extension. Behind the main inn is a smaller house that also dates from the late 16th or early 17th century. This house is one storey with attics and consists of a hall range and a cross-wing. It is timber-framed and plastered, with some parts encased in painted brick, and has a Roman pantiled roof. Some unmoulded framing is visible in the cross-wing. The building is believed to have been known as Bluebell Farm around 1830.