Description

6822 EAST MEON HIGH STREET, South side

12/37 Old Bell Cottage and No 2
Old Bell Cottages

II

Formerly a public house (The Bell) and now two cottages. Late-medieval timber-
framed hall with cross-wings, with much C18 cladding and forward extension
(C20 at the east side) and C20 rear outshots. Most walls of painted brickwork,
exposed frame at the west wall, with brick infill. Tile roof, catslide at rear,
hipped to rear of west cross-wing. Recessed middle section of one storey and
attic, two-storeyed wings with gables to the roadway, irregular fenestration.
Casements. Plain doorways. The fronts have been altered in the late C20, with
a replaced shopfront (No 1) and blocked doorway (No2). The interior indicates the
early origin, and insertion of an upper floor to the former central hall.

Listing NGR: SU6803022118

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26386922

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