The Eight Bells is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. Public house. 19 related planning applications.
The Eight Bells
- WRENN ID
- last-paling-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Eight Bells, Bartholomew Street, Newbury, RG14 5DY
- OS grid reference
- SU 469 668
- Coordinates
- 51.39845, -1.32651
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Eight Bells is likely a 17th-century building, formerly a public house until around 1970. The building was refenestrated in the 19th century, and a two-story addition has been added to the rear. It has one-and-a-half storeys and consists of three gabled bays, the southern gable being over a carriageway leading to what was formerly Trafalgar Place. The roof is tiled and features finials and bargeboards to the gables. The building has a timber frame with a plastered front. The ground floor has three-light windows with traceried Gothic details, while the first floor has two-light windows with traceried lights and hood moulds. A gabled porch with turned balusters provides access via a half-glazed door. The interior features moulded beams.
Local climate
The Eight Bells receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 8 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 19 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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