The Old Bell House

The Old Bell House is an 18th-century corner house, seemingly built upon earlier fabric. It is constructed of roughly squared local lias stone, with a clay pantiled roof between stepped coped gables. Brick chimney stacks are located at the ends and between the bays. The house is two storeys high and has an irregular fenestration pattern over four bays. It features a rudimentary plinth and a rounded southwest corner. The windows are 16-pane sashes, set in plain openings with flat, voussoired arched heads. A 6-panel door is situated in the lower bay, approached by a deep, reeded-lined reveal and a flat timber porch hood supported by two cast iron Doric-style columns, above which a fanlight is glazed in a Chippendale style. A straight joint marks the right side of the door. The south gable shows the remains of earlier windows. The interior, while not inspected, is reported to contain stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, a rear lateral fireplace, and a spiral staircase.