The Bell Public House

The Bell Public House is a public house located in Higher Brixham, dating from the early 19th century, though it may be older. The building features solid rendered walls with painted stone rubble at the rear and has a slated roof. There are rendered chimneys on each end wall and a large rendered chimney with a tapered cap on the rear wall, along with a red-brick chimney on the rear wing.

It is double-fronted with a long rear wing to the left, which includes a storage building at the back. The structure has three storeys, while the storage building is single-storeyed. The front facade is symmetrical with a three-window range. A central doorway is flanked by pilasters and an entablature, featuring a six-panelled door with panelled reveals, where the bottom panels are flush.

The outer windows on the ground and second storeys are triple-sashed, with the centre windows having six panes over six, and the side-lights having two panes over two. There is a smaller blocked window in the centre of the second storey. The third storey has wooden casements with eight panes per light, with two lights in the centre window and three lights in the outer ones. The second and third-storey windows are adorned with moulded architraves, and the second-storey windows also feature friezes and cornices. The sills are continued in the second storey, and there are panelled giant pilasters flanking the upper storeys, topped by a deep flat eaves-cornice.