Bell House

Bell House is a house dating back to the 16th century, with later additions from the late 18th century and the 20th century. The house is timber-framed with plaster infilling, while the left side elevation is painted brick and the roof is covered in plain tiles. The right section of the house has a jetty along the front and on the right gable end, featuring widely spaced studs with tension braces. The roof is hipped, with a ridge stack on the left side. The fenestration is irregular, with three 20th-century leaded casement windows. A 20th-century canted bay window is present on the ground floor, and the remains of wooden mullion windows are visible on the ground and first floors at the right end of the front elevation. A cupola with a bell sits on the ridge of the roof to the right. The left section of the house forms a wide gabled cross-wing, with a close-studded front elevation and a jettied first floor. Decorative features include a crown-post with two curved downward braces forming a gable, renewed cusped bargeboards, and a large stack towards the rear of the wing. The left side elevation is painted brick, with a parapet and a 18th-century brick stack projecting from the side of the cross-wing. Inside the right section of the house, there’s a queen-strut roof, and both sections contain small areas of wall painting. The entrance hall has 19th-century panelling with occasional floral stencils.