The Bell House

House. The core of the building dates back to the 16th century, with a cross wing, and the main range was rebuilt in the early 17th century. A further extension was added in the mid-18th century, creating an L-shaped layout. A 20th-century conservatory occupies the rear angle. The 16th and 17th century sections are timber-framed with brick and rendered infill, with the rear of the hall and part of the ground floor rebuilt in brick. The 18th-century addition is of chequer brick, featuring a first-floor band course and a flint plinth. The building is roofed with old tiles, and has brick chimneys, with one on the cross wing featuring a narrow pilaster. The house is two storeys high, with a lower ground floor to the 18th-century wing. The hall range on the left has approximately one and a half bays and includes irregular, barred wooden casements. It also features a large external chimney and a timber lean-to at the left end. The gabled cross wing on the right has curved braces, and the first floor is jettied to the front, supported by a moulded bressumer on chamfered end brackets. The first-floor casements are three-light, with barred wooden frames; the sill of one first-floor window is elaborately moulded, resting on a central bracket. The ground floor has a single light and a boarded door. The chimney to the rear of the wing has a slight oven projection on its right side. The 18th-century extension to the rear of the cross wing has irregular, barred wooden casements, one cross window dating from the 17th or 18th century, and a lobby entrance with a flush-panelled, top-lit door. Inside, the hall range features a fireplace with a chamfered depressed arch on the first floor, and a ground-floor room in the cross wing has a stop-chamfered wooden fireplace lintel, a spine beam resting on moulded brackets, and stop-chamfered posts. The upper storey of the cross wing includes a concealed arch-braced truss. An old staircase runs alongside the chimney of the cross wing.