The Bell Public House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1973. A 17th century Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The Bell Public House
- WRENN ID
- wild-step-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1973
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Bell Public House, West Street, Chipping Norton
- OS grid reference
- SP 312 267
- Coordinates
- 51.93883, -1.54681
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bell Public House is a 17th-century building that has been altered. It is constructed of rubblestone and features a gabled machine-tiled roof with brick stacks. The building has an L-shaped plan located at the corner of two roads. The main facade facing the road is two storeys high and has a three-window range, with the last bay on the right being the gable end at the corner. The upper windows in the first two bays are 12-pane sashes, while the ground floor has 8-pane sashes set under cambered heads. There is a 20th-century plank door, and the southeast wing has 20th-century windows.
Local climate
The Bell Public House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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