The Bell is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. Public house.
The Bell
- WRENN ID
- empty-moulding-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1985
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Bell, Lower Road, Hardwick
- OS grid reference
- SP 805 192
- Coordinates
- 51.86617, -0.83187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bell is a public house dating from the early 17th century, with alterations. It features a timber frame with diagonal braces and thin brick infill, primarily in a herringbone pattern, along with a coursed rubble stone plinth. The building has an old tile roof and a central chimney made of thin brick, which is adorned with double 'V' pilasters at the front and single ones on the sides. It stands two storeys high with two bays and a lobby entry. The ground floor has 20th-century three-light barred metal casements, while the first floor has three-light wooden casements with 20th-century glazing in hipped eaves-line dormers. The entrance is through a central 20th-century half-timbered and gabled porch. There are small flanking rendered extensions and a lower later range at right angles to the rear.
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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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