The Bell House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1989. A Georgian House.
The Bell House
- WRENN ID
- knotted-marble-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1989
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Bell House, Swin Lane, Swinbrook and Widford
- OS grid reference
- SP 281 121
- Coordinates
- 51.80758, -1.59374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bell House is a house that likely dates from the mid-18th century. It is constructed from uncoursed stone rubble and features a stone slate roof with stone end stacks. The building has two storeys and an attic, with a range of four windows. All openings have 20th-century wooden cross-windows topped with segmental stone heads. There is a round-arched niche in the centre of the first floor, which includes impost blocks and a keystone, and a bell is located within this niche. The house also has four 20th-century gabled full dormers and 20th-century doors on the right return. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Bell House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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