5 Bells Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1960. Cottage. 6 related planning applications.

5 Bells Cottage

WRENN ID
carved-fireplace-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1960
Type
Cottage
Address
5 Bells Cottage, 1 and 2, Church Road, Bledington, OX7 6XG
OS grid reference
SP 245 225
Coordinates
51.90124, -1.64497
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

5 Bells Cottage is a former inn that has been converted into two cottages, dating from the early 18th century. The building is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone, topped with a stone slate roof and features ashlar stacks, one of which has been repaired in brick. It stands two storeys tall, with an attic that is illuminated by three 2-light roof dormers. The façade has six windows, primarily consisting of tall rectangular 20th-century casements, some of which are cruciform, all fitted with leaded lights. There is an off-centre left plank door with glazing above, a blocked central door, and two blocked bulls-eye windows—one above the central door and another at the first floor level next to a straight joint to the right of the door. The door to No. 2, located on the right, is set in an ashlar dressed surround with a moulded hood above it. The building features flat gable-end coping on the left, gable-end stacks, and an axial stack. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

5 Bells Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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