Eight Bells Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1953. Public house.
Eight Bells Inn
- WRENN ID
- last-courtyard-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1953
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Eight Bells Inn, 5, Church Street, Beaminster
- OS grid reference
- ST 479 012
- Coordinates
- 50.8085, -2.73986
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Eight Bells Inn is a public house that dates back to the 17th century, with later additions from the 19th century. It features coursed lias stone walls and a slate roof, which has a gable end on the left and is hipped on the right. There are brick stacks located at the left gable and right eaves. The building has two storeys and three windows, each with three-light stone mullions that have an ovolo profile and separate labels. The windows are fitted with iron casements that include an opening centre light. On the south side wall, there are stone mullions with one, two, and three lights from the 17th century. To the left on the ground floor, there is a straight bay window with a four-light stone mullion that has a cavetto profile and is topped with a hipped slate roof, dating from the 19th century. The front doorway features moulded jambs and a square head, with a wooden door that has thin muntins, which is from the 20th century.
Local climate
Eight Bells Inn receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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