Description

ST49NW SOMERTON CP MARKET PLACE (east side)

9/163 The Old Bell House

17.4.59

GV II

Corner house of row. C18 apparently incorporating earlier work. Local lias stone roughly squared; clay pantiled roof
between stepped coped gables; brick end and intermediate chimney stacks. Two storeys, 4 bays irregular fenestration.
Rudimentary plinth, rounded south west corner; 16-pane sash windows in plain openings with voussoired flat arched
heads; to lower bay 3 a 6-panel door under fanlight glazed Chippendale fashion, set in deep reeded lined reveal, with
flat timber porch hood carved on 2 cast iron Doric style columns; straight joint right of door. south gable irregular,
with traces of earlier windows. Interior not seen, but reported are beams with stepped runout steps, and rear lateral
fireplace alongside spiral staircase. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, 1974).

Listing NGR: ST4911128516

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26308455

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)