Bell House
BELL HOUSE, THE GREEN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1185244
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jul-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Bell House
- Statutory Address:
- BELL HOUSE, THE GREEN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1185244
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jul-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Bell House
- Statutory Address 1:
- BELL HOUSE, THE GREEN
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:
- BELL HOUSE, THE GREEN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Maidstone (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bearsted
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 80014 55805
Details
TQ 85 NW BEARSTED THE GREEN (south side)
6/15 Bell House 25.7.52 II G.V.
House. C16 of 2 builds, with late C18 left side elevation and C20 rear extensions. Timber framed with plaster infilling, painted brick left side elevation and plain tile roof. 2 storeys. Right section jettied along front and on right gable end. Widely spaced studs with tension braces. Hipped roof. Ridge stack to left. Irregular fenestration of 3 leaded C20 casement windows. C20 canted bay window on ground floor. Remains of wood mullion windows on ground floor and first floor at right end of front elevation. Cupola with bell on ridge of roof to right. Left section forms wide gabled cross-wing. 2 storeys 3 timber-framed bays. Front elevation: close-studded, with jettied first floor. Crown-post with two curved downward braces forms decorative gable with a small jetty above the collar purlin, apendent and renewed cusped bargeboards. Large stack towards rear of wing. One leaded first-floor casement window, C20 canted bay window on ground floor. Door to right. Left side elevation painted brick, 2 storeys with parapet, incorpora- ting C18 brick stack projecting from side of cross-wing and situated towards the front. Interior: right section has queen- strut roof. Both sections have small areas of wall painting. C19 panelling with occasional floral stencils in entrance hall.
Listing NGR: TQ8001655805
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 173522
- 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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