Description

TL 7174 MILDENHALL HIGH STREET

12/50 The Bell Hotel
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- II

Hotel, early C19, with 2-stage C16 core. 2 storeys and attics, 5 windows. Red
brick with parapet-gables; the left-hand section has timber-framing behind.
Plaintiled roofs with crested ridge tiles, flat-headed dormers and chimneys of
gault brick. At 1st floor, C19 sash windows with flat arches of gauged brick
and small-pane sashes. At ground floor, 3 C19 bays, splayed, with flat roofs;
moulded cornices, wrought iron cresting and small-pane sashes. The main
entrance is built into the segmental arched C19 carriage entrance; C20 4-
panelled door set in panelled infilling. Further C20 entrance doorway to left
with 6-panelled door, pilasters and canopy. The lounge to left forms an early
C16 core of 2 cells with exposed framing. The dining room forms a late C16
rear extension of 2 storeys behind. Two wings were added to rear in early C19;
one had stabling below and a jettied timber-framed club-room over, the other of
painted gault brick with flint to rear. Both wings were altered C20.

Listing NGR: TL7108274591

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26289288

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)