Former Bell Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1973. Hotel. 1 related planning application.
Former Bell Hotel
- WRENN ID
- small-dormer-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1973
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- Former Bell Hotel, Bell House, 57, West Street, Dorking, RH4 1BS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 164 493
- Coordinates
- 51.23178, -0.33409
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Bell Hotel is an 18th-century timber-framed building, with later alterations. The ground floor is stuccoed, while the first floor, which has a projecting bressumer, is faced with roughcast and features painted long and short quoins, window surrounds, and a scalloped cornice. The roof is tiled, and the first floor contains sash windows with original glazing bars, as does the attic. A carriage arch is located at the west end, revealing ceiling beams. The building is two storeys high with an attic, containing four windows and three flat-roofed dormers. It forms a group with Nos. 54 to 61 West Street.
Local climate
Former Bell Hotel receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 7 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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