Description

STAPLEHURST BELL LANE
TQ 7843 (South side)

5/69 No. 27 (Bell
Cottage)

II

House, formerly cottages, now house. Late C17 or C18 with C19
alterations. Timber framed, weatherboarded. First floor of right
gable end tile-hung. Plain tile roof. 3 timber-framed bays,
including central stack bay. Built at right-angles to road. 2
storeys and garret. Half-hipped roof. Brick ridge stack towards
centre. Irregular fenestration of 3 leaded casements; two 3-light
and central 2-light. Ribbed door towards right end of rear lean-
to. Interior: exposed framing. Bevelled cross-beams and joists.
Plain brick fireplaces with chamfered bressumers. Staggered butt
purlin roof with high collars.

Listing NGR: TQ7828543055

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26628098

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)