Chapel Plaster Cottages / Bell Inn / Bell House

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

ST 86 NW BOX BRADFORD ROAD

Chapel Plaister 2/36 Bell House (formerly listed as Chapel Plaster Cottages)

20 12 60

GV II

Inn, now house, apparently C17 but possibly incorporating a pre- Reformation hostel associated with Chapel Plaister (q.v.). Rubble stone with stone tiled roofs, coped gables and roof hipped at south-west angle. L plan, one and a half to 2 storeys. West front has original range of 2 dormer gables with recessed hollow-moulded 2-light windows and hoodmoulds and similar ground floor window adjoining former door in flush frame. North end stack. L.H.Grimm drawing of 1790 shows 3-light window adjoining door. North end addition, not in 1790 drawing, has north end stack, dormer gable with similar 2-light window and hood and ground floor casement.

South front is 2-storey with ridge stack and wallface stack to left. Upper 3-light flush cyma-moulded window and 2-light recessed cyma-moulded window. Ground floor 2-light recessed cyma-moulded window with hood, C20 glazed door with drip over and 2 casement pairs, C19 and C20. East end wall has C19 casements and corner stack. Rear has one upper 2-light flush bead-moulded window and one bead-moulded ground floor 8-pane window. Lean-to addition.

Inner segmental arched stone doorway with dripstone. In C18 the Bell Inn was associated with the highwayman, John Poulter, known as Tom Baxter.

Listing NGR: ST8398967840

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/0046 IOE Records taken by Kim Aplin; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mr Kim Aplin. Source: Historic England Archive

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