The Bell Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The Bell Inn
- WRENN ID
- solitary-casement-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1951
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Bell Inn, Market Square, Lower Heyford, OX25 5NY
- OS grid reference
- SP 486 247
- Coordinates
- 51.9195, -1.29404
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bell Inn is a public house dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed squared marlstone rubble and features an artificial stone-slate roof with rubble-and-brick gable stacks. The building has a four-unit plan consisting of two main sections plus subsidiary ranges, and it stands two storeys high with an attic.
The front facade has five windows, with the three bays on the left being taller and featuring a regular arrangement of openings, including a central doorway. Most of the windows have been enlarged and are fitted with 6-pane 19th-century sash windows beneath stone flat arches, although two older casements remain on the first floor. The two bays on the right have three-light casements with flat arches on the ground floor and two-light casements with wooden lintels on the first floor. Both sections of the building are raised over a cellar.
The right gable wall steps around a large chimney projection, which is partly concealed by a lower subsidiary range. At the rear of the three-bay section, there is a tall gabled stair projection that features a narrow window extending the full height. Inside, there are small open fireplaces and stop-chamfered beams.
Local climate
The Bell Inn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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