Building record 1202500000 - THE BELL HOTEL

Summary

Seventeenth century timber-framed inn known as The Bell, refronted in the nineteenth century

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1117936: THE BELL HOTEL (DBC4550)

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Type and Period (2)

  • INN (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. Early to mid C19 front probably concealing earlier structure. Stucco, slates. 2 storeys and attics. Casements and sashes, dormers. The County Hall and the Bell Hotel form a group with No 3 Walton Street (B1).
At the SW corner of the Market Square, the C17 Bell Hotel with a long irregular early C19 front and a C20 mansard roof (B2).

The White Swan Inn is two-storeyed, probably built late in the C17th, but refaced with modern brick, and the West front covered with plaster. The roof is tiled. two chimneys are of old thin bricks. Condition - Good, much restored (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>SBC3590 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest:Buckinghamshire: Aylesbury Vale: Aylesbury. p30.
  • <2>SBC19664 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner & Elizabeth Williamson. 1994. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p162.
  • <3>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p57.
  • <4>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 81970 13650 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 13 2026 3:57PM

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