Bell House is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. Residential. 1 related planning application.

Bell House

WRENN ID
western-hall-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1985
Type
Residential
Address
Bell House, Fyfield, SP11 8ES
OS grid reference
SU 289 464
Coordinates
51.21664, -1.58682
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bell House is a former school with an attached house, now functioning as a single dwelling. It is believed to date from 1790, although the Victoria County History states that the school was founded in 1818. The building is constructed of brick and tile. The house section is two storeys high with one window and features a 20th-century outshot on the east side. It has a ripped roof, walls in Flemish bond, cambered openings, and a plinth. The windows are casements, and there is a French door beneath a 20th-century canopy supported by wrought-iron brackets.

The school section is attached to the west side of the house and has had an upper floor inserted into the former hall. This part is one storey with an attic and has two windows. It features a hipped roof with flat-roofed dormers. The north wall shows evidence of the removal of large windows, replaced with lower casement windows. The west end retains the original central doorway. At the top of the hip, there is a small wood-framed bell-cote, which holds a bell resting on a leaded base and is topped with a shingled pitched roof.

Local climate

Bell House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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