Description

BICESTER SHEEP STREET
SP5822N (East side)
2/101 No.84 (Bell Inn)
20/03/70 (Formerly listed as Bell Inn)
GV II

Public house. Early C18 and late C18. Limestone rubble with wooden lintels;
Welsh-slate roofs. L-plan. 2 storeys plus attics and 2 storeys. 3-window front
of earlier main range has a central doorway between 16-pane sashes, a blocked
doorway to extreme right, and has 12-pane sashes at first floor. Steep-pitched
roof has a rendered stack on the right gable and, to left, shares a massive
rubble-based stack with No.86 (q.v.). Later range, returning on right, has a
shallower roof, further sashes and a large lateral stack. Rear of main range has
a tall gabled stair projection, now embedded in an outshut to the rear wing.
Interior: stop-chamfered beams; inglenook fireplace. Possibly originally linked
to No.86 (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SP5843022662

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496312

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)