The Bell Public House
21 AND 22, BEDFORD STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1113984
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1961
- List Entry Name:
- The Bell Public House
- Statutory Address:
- 21 AND 22, BEDFORD STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1113984
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1961
- List Entry Name:
- The Bell Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- 21 AND 22, BEDFORD STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- THE BELL PUBLIC HOUSE, BEDFORD STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 21 AND 22, BEDFORD STREET
- Statutory Address:
- THE BELL PUBLIC HOUSE, BEDFORD STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Woburn
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 94863 33356
Details
SP 9433-9533 WOBURN BEDFORD STREET (East Side) 8/91 23.1.61 Nos 21 and 22 (The Bell Public House) GV II Public house, occupying 2 properties. C17 and C18, reworked C19. Colourwashed roughcast render, that to No. 21 encasing English bond brickwork to ground floor and timber framing to first floor, that to No. 22 encasing brick. Clay tile roofs, that to No. 21 steeply pitched. 2 storeys, with irregular fenestration. No. 21: ground floor has 3 sash windows. (3rd is C20, replacing original doorway) and rectangular bay, also with sashes. First floor has 3 2-light casements. Slightly projecting band at first floor level. No. 22 ground floor doorway is C20 reworking, original one to LH now blocked. Rectangular bay to RH, also reworked C20. First floor has 2 2-light casements. All windows have glazing bars. No. 21 has integral stack to LH gable end, No. 22 has central ridge stack.
Listing NGR: SP9486333356
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 38194
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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