The Bell is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Public house. 1 related planning application.

The Bell

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1951
Type
Public house
Address
The Bell, High Street, Waddesdon, HP18 0JD
OS grid reference
SP 739 169
Coordinates
51.84633, -0.92759
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bell is a public house that dates back to the 17th and 18th centuries and has undergone alterations. The right gable is constructed of red brick with timber framing in the upper part, while the rest of the building is rendered and colourwashed. The front range features band courses at the first floor and below the eaves, topped with a 20th-century tiled roof and a rendered chimney on the left. The building is arranged in an L-plan, with the front range comprising two storeys and three bays, including a gabled projection on the right. The windows are barred wooden types, with four-light casements on the right, a two-light window in the centre of the first floor, and a three-light window to the upper left above a tripartite sash. The central entrance has a 20th-century door with a radiating semi-circular fanlight. There is a lower bay attached to the right. The 17th-century wing at the rear is one and a half storeys high, featuring an old three-light leaded casement window in thatch on the upper floor to the right.

Local climate

The Bell receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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