Bell Inn

The Bell Inn is a public house located on Sheep Street in Bicester, dating from the early to late 18th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble with wooden lintels and features Welsh-slate roofs. The building has an L-plan layout with two storeys plus attics and a two-storey section. The front of the earlier main range has three windows, with a central doorway flanked by 16-pane sash windows, and a blocked doorway on the extreme right. The first floor has 12-pane sash windows. The steep-pitched roof includes a rendered stack on the right gable and shares a large rubble-based stack with No. 86 on the left. The later range, which extends to the right, has a shallower roof, additional sash windows, and a large lateral stack. At the rear of the main range, there is a tall gabled stair projection, now incorporated into an outshut of the rear wing. Inside, the building features stop-chamfered beams and an inglenook fireplace. It is possible that the Bell Inn was originally linked to No. 86.