Description

TL 3528 ASPENDEN THE STREET
(north side)

8/3 The Bell House

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GV II

School house, now a house. Circa 1714 for Ralf Freman the 4th,
the squire, with money left by Mary Cater, d.1704, for teaching
young children in this parish of the most indigent parents to
read and write (EHAS Trans 8 (1928-9) 65: memorial on W end
exterior of S aisle of parish church). Red brick in Flemish-bond
with thick joints and fine red brick front with moulded brick
corbels at ends of boxed eaves. Steep old red tile roof, rear
slope now slated. A large, 2-storeys and attics, symmetrical 5
windows house facing S with internal gable chimneys and gabled
one-storey brick central porch. Small, one-storey brick and tile
additions at each end. Nearly flush, small pane, 2-light
casement windows, the upper ones with segmental arches, the lower
ones with brick courses continuing over the heads of the frames.
2-light casements at rear, 3 windows to each floor all without
arches. Small wooden bell-cote at middle of ridge, and 2 hipped
dormers on front roof-slope. Round arched entrance in porch with
gable parapet.

Listing NGR: TL3561728292

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26394715

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)