Bell Farmhouse Bell House

Bell House and Bell Farmhouse is a subdivided house that was once an inn, dating back to the late Medieval period. It features an open hall-house design with a late 16th-century stack that was inserted later. The building was refronted in red brick during the late 18th century and had its windows updated in the 20th century. The structure is timber-framed, with a red brick façade that includes some grey headers and a stringcourse. It has a steeply pitched tiled roof adorned with gablets, an off-center late 16th-century brick chimneystack, and an external stack on the left side. The house is two storeys tall with attics and has four windows, including two gabled dormers on the front and one on the left side elevation. The windows are casement style, with the ground floor windows featuring cambered head linings. The front door, dating from the 20th century, has a strap-work motif, and there is a plinth at the base of the building. Inside, the property retains a roll-moulded and embattled dais beam, while the parlour showcases a late 16th-century roll-moulded ceiling and an open fireplace with a bread oven. The roof is smoke blackened and features an octagonal crown post with four head braces supporting the collar beam, along with combed pargetting decoration.