The Bell Hotel

SP 7627 NE WINSLOW MARKET SQUARE (south side)

7/187 The Bell Hotel

4.6.52

GV II

Hotel. Early C19 re-fronting of C17 building with incomplete timber frame. C17 timber framed blocks to rear along Bell Alley, and over carriage entry to left of main front. Other brick outbuildings are late C19. Main N. front of whitewashed render, rusticated to ground floor and articulated with giant Doric pilasters, moulded plinth and cornice and band course at first floor level. Slate roof, 3 rendered chimneys. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Canted bay windows to ground floor, each with 2 4-pane sashes to front, lozenge patterned frieze and moulded cornice. Wide triple-hung sashes to first floor in architrave surrounds with wooden cornices on scroll brackets over. 6-panelled door between left-hand bays has wooden surround of Doric half-columns, entablature blocks and pediment. Section of first floor wall above door has flanking pilasters. Painted curved brace in ground floor room. Interior of C17 part to rear has moulded ceiling beams. RCHM II p 343 MON 12

Listing NGR: SP7698727538