Description

LITTLE TEW THE GREEN
SP3828 (North side)
11/111 The Bell House
27/08/56

GV II

Inn and cottage, now house. Possibly early C17, re-modelled late C17 and
extended early C18. Limestone rubble and coursed squared marlstone rubble with
some marlstone-ashlar dressings; Stonesfield-slate roof with rubble stacks.
2-unit gable-fronted plan, linked to a single-unit cottage. 2 storeys plus
attic. Double-gabled 4-window front has, to right, the gable end of the earlier
inn range with a renewed cross window above a C20 arched doorway; to left, the
2-window cottage range with renewed leaded casements. Gabled linking section has
a variety of altered casements and a gable parapet with a ball finial matching
that to right. Right return wall has renewed cross windows at ground and first
floors. Interior: inn range has a massive central stack, an inglenook fireplace
with cambered bressumer, and a late C17/early C18 doorcase with pilasters and
segmental arch. Until c.1880 the Bell Inn.
(V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.XI, p.249; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.691).

Listing NGR: SP3838128660

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26304308

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)