West Bell House is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. House.

West Bell House

WRENN ID
deep-steeple-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chichester
Constituency
Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 January 1986
Type
House
Address
West Bell House, Bell Lane, Birdham
OS grid reference
SZ 816 987
Coordinates
50.78259, -0.84254
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

West Bell House is an 18th-century building that stands two storeys tall and features three windows. The exterior is faced with flints and has red brick dressings and quoins. The roof is tiled, likely originally thatched, and includes three 'eyebrows'. The windows are casement style, and there is a modern gabled porch added to the entrance.

Local climate

West Bell House receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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