22 and 24, Bell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1992. House. 6 related planning applications.
22 and 24, Bell Street
- WRENN ID
- still-loggia-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire MP: Kit Malthouse (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1992
- Type
- House
- Address
- 22 and 24, Bell Street, Whitchurch, RG28 7AE
- OS grid reference
- SU 461 481
- Coordinates
- 51.23032, -1.3407
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
22 and 24 Bell Street is a house that was later converted into two cottages, now under one ownership. This late 16th-century timber-framed building was refronted in the early 19th century and had its windows changed in the mid-20th century. The exterior is covered in stucco that mimics masonry. It features a wooden bressumer and has an old tiled roof with a catslide at the rear, along with a tall original brick chimney stack also at the rear. The building is two storeys high and has three bays, with the chimney located at the back. Most of the windows are 1930s metal-framed casements, except for the ground floor on the right, which has an early to mid-19th-century shopfront complete with a cornice, pilasters, and six panels. The door for No. 22 is from the 20th century, while No. 24 has a four-panelled door.
Inside, the end left room, originally a parlour, features a chamfered spine beam and similar floor joists with lamb's tongue stops. The central room contains a large open fireplace with a chamfered beam that has a lamb's tongue stop, a salt niche, and a bread oven, along with a curved brick chimney breast. The spine beam is chamfered with a moulded post, and the floor joists are also chamfered with run-out stops. The first floor reveals an exposed box frame with a midrail, including both curved and straight tension braces. The roof is a through purlin type with queen posts and curved windbraces, and there is an outshut that likely dates from the early 18th century.
Local climate
22 and 24, Bell Street receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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