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Bell House

A Grade II Listed Building in Harrietsham, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.2402 / 51°14'24"N

Longitude: 0.679 / 0°40'44"E

OS Eastings: 587098

OS Northings: 152417

OS Grid: TQ870524

Mapcode National: GBR QT4.4H8

Mapcode Global: VHJMP.Q3B1

Plus Code: 9F326MRH+3H

Entry Name: Bell House

Listing Date: 26 April 1968

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1086144

English Heritage Legacy ID: 173762

ID on this website: 101086144

Location: Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17

County: Kent

District: Maidstone

Civil Parish: Harrietsham

Built-Up Area: Harrietsham

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 25 September 2023 to update the name and address, amend description due to a change of building use and to reformat the text to current standards

TQ 85 SE
4/29

HARRIETSHAM
EAST STREET (south-west side)
Bell House

(Formerly listed as The Bell Inn)

26.4.68.

GV
II
Former public house. C16 or earlier wing, front range 1729. Front range: ground floor coursed galletted stone, first floor painted brick in Flemish bond. Plain tile roof. Two storeys on moulded stone plinth. Plat band under three of first floor windows only. Boxed eaves cornice. Hipped roof. Rear stack to left end. Regular fenestration of four glazing bar sashes in open boxes. Ground floor has late C19 sashes with horns. Half-glazed and panelled door with plain rectangular fanlight under second window from left. Heavy late C19 bracketted hood over door, with dentilled frieze and moulded triangular pediment. Datestone to first floor. Rear wing to left: in two sections. Timber-framed, tile-hung, with plain tile roof. Single bay adjoining front range two storeys, with large red brick stack at rear end, in right slope of roof. Approximately two further timber-framed bays with more steeply pitched roof, also two storeys, with lean-to to left side, hip to rear, and small stack. Short right return wing C19, brick and tile-hung, two storeys.

Interior only partly inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ8704052442

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