The Bell Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1998. Inn. 2 related planning applications.

The Bell Inn

WRENN ID
brooding-cinder-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheltenham
Constituency
Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1998
Type
Inn
Address
The Bell Inn, 70, Bath Road, GL53 7JT
OS grid reference
SO 949 219
Coordinates
51.89609, -2.07432
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bell Inn is an inn built around 1800 to 1820, with later alterations, including modifications to the ground floor around 1900. It features a stucco exterior over brick, with a concealed roof and a brick and stucco stack at the right end, along with wrought-iron window guards.

The building has two storeys and two first-floor windows. The first floor displays tall 6/6 sash windows, while the second floor has 3/3 sash windows, all set in plain reveals with sills. It is topped with a frieze, cornice, and a blocking course with copings. The ground floor has a central 20th-century glazed door within an architrave, flanked by sidelights and an overlight. There are plate glass windows with decorative upper glazing and aprons featuring a tile panel with the pub name, 'Bell Inn', situated between pilasters. The left return has two pairs of first-floor windows, with taller 6/6 sashes at the front and blind or replacement windows on the second floor.

Inside, the ground floor was remodeled in the 20th century. The first floor includes individual balconies at the front and two on the return, adorned with embellished rods. Historically, the inn is noted on maps from around 1830 and features wrought-ironwork typical of Cheltenham from 1800 to 1820. It stands as a well-preserved example of a purpose-built inn located on a major approach road to Cheltenham and has group value with the nearby Bath Tavern at No. 68.

Local climate

The Bell Inn receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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