Building record 1022300000 - THE BELL INN

Summary

Seventeenth century thatched inn

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1118347: THE BELL INN (DBC3839)

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • INN (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. Inn. C17. Colourwashed render. Thatched roof, hipped to south. 3 bays and 1½ storeys. Central door. 3-light casements to outer bays. 3 eyebrow upper floor windows, outer ones leaded. Left hand gable stack. Modern one bay single storey left addition with tiled pitches. To right a south east wing of 1½ storeys which has two 3-light leaded casemented dormers. 1 storey tiled roofed further range. Interior. has chamfered and stopped spine beams and some joists chamfered (B1).

The Bell Inn is two-storeyed, built in the C17th. The walls are plaste covered and the roof is thatched. The plan is L-shaped and at the West end is an old chimney stack. Condition - Fairly good (B2).
(SP71741057) Bell Inn (B3).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC19924 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Bucks: Aylesbury Vale: Parishes of Ashendon &C. p.15.
  • <2>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p87.
  • <3>SBC10481 Map: OS 1980 1:2500 MAP.
  • <4>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 71746 10574 (point)
Civil Parish CHEARSLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 15 2026 3:59PM

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