The Bell Inn
THE BELL INN, MARKET SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1266273
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Bell Inn
- Statutory Address:
- THE BELL INN, MARKET SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1266273
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Bell Inn
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE BELL INN, MARKET SQUARE
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:
- THE BELL INN, MARKET SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Cherwell (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Lower Heyford
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 48648 24787
Details
LOWER HEYFORD MARKET SQUARE SP4824 (East side) 10/65 Bell Inn 26/11/51 GV II
Public house. Late c17/early C18, altered C19. Coursed squared marlstone rubble; artificial stone-slate roof with rubble-and-brick gable stacks. 4-unit plan of 2 builds plus subsidiary ranges 2 storeys plus attic. 3 bays to left of 5-window front are taller and have a regular arrangement of openings with a central doorway; most windows are enlarged with 6-pane C19 sashes below stone flat arches, but 2 older casements remain at first floor. 2 bays to right have, at ground floor, 3-light casements with flat arches, and at first floor have 2-light casements with wooden lintels. Both sections are raised over a cellar. Right gable wall steps around large chimney projection, partly concealed by a lower subsidiary range. Rear of 3-bay section has a tall gabled stair projection which has a narrow window extending the full height. Interior: Small open fireplaces stop-chamfered beams. (VCH: Oxfordshire, Vol VI, p182)
Listing NGR: SP4864824787
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 422050
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1962), 182
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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