The Old Bell Public House

THE OLD BELL PUBLIC HOUSE, 16, EXETER STREET WC2

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1211790
Date first listed:
15-Jan-1973
Statutory Address:
THE OLD BELL PUBLIC HOUSE, 16, EXETER STREET WC2
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1211790
Date first listed:
15-Jan-1973
Statutory Address 1:
THE OLD BELL PUBLIC HOUSE, 16, EXETER STREET WC2

Location

Statutory Address:
THE OLD BELL PUBLIC HOUSE, 16, EXETER STREET WC2

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Greater London Authority
District:
City of Westminster (London Borough)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TQ 30543 80881

Details

TQ 3080 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER EXETER STREET, WC2 74/28 No 16 The Old Bell 15.1.73 Public House G.V. II Public house. 1835 as part of the Wellington Street development. Painted brick with stucco dressings, slate roof. 3 storeys and dormered mansard. 5 windows wide, 1-window curved corner and one window wide return to Wellington Street. Ground floor has wooden public house front with corner entrance and windows articulated by pilasters and console brackets carrying modified entablature. Upper floors (some with blind windows) have glazing bar sashes in stucco architraves, those on 1st floor with cornices; Wellington Street return with one tripartite window to each floor. Bracketed cornice and stucco parapet. Survey of London; Vol XXXVI.

Listing NGR: TQ3054280879

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209707
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Survey of London in The Parish of St Paul Covent Garden: Volume 36, Vol. 36, (1970)

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