Old Bell House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1951. House. 7 related planning applications.
Old Bell House
- WRENN ID
- lost-pier-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Bell House, 9 and 9a, Northfield End, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2JG
- OS grid reference
- SU 760 829
- Coordinates
- 51.54069, -0.90482
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Bell House dates from the 18th and early 19th centuries. It is a stucco-fronted building with a flat, bracketed wooden eaves cornice and a slate roof. The building is three storeys high with four windows, all sash windows with glazing bars. The ground floor windows have three lights, while the first floor windows are Venetian windows. A projecting porch supported by Doric columns, featuring a moulded hood, panelled reveals and an architrave surround, provides access via a six-panel door. An additional entrance is located on the northern side.
Old Bell House is part of a group that includes numbers 1 to 11 (odd) and 15 to 25 (odd) along with Denmark House, Elm House, Rupert’s Elm, Rupert’s Guard, the White House, the Obelisk and number 30; numbers 93 and 95; numbers 70 to 102 (even); the building at the rear of number 70 Bell Street; and Tarry’s Cottage, Bell Cottage and the flat on Rupert's Lane.
Local climate
Old Bell House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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