NHER 15097 (Building record) - Bell Inn

Bell Inn. 16th to 17th century. Old parish: Herringfleet, Suffolk

November 1954. Listed, Grade II.
See (S1).

July 1979. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU).
Long building; west end of north façade is timber framed, jettied, apparently 16th century with later brick nogging. East gable is of flint with two small blocked lancets now partly covered by an ?early 18th-century chimney stack. The mark of an older, lower gable is visible, above which the wall is of tile-like 16th- or 17th-century bricks. Traces of old windows suitable to a 17th-century date in east end of north façade; brickwork of this date forms most of this wall, almost all of south wall and west gable. Stone block with two slits cut through set below the jetty. Other parts of north wall are 18th-century alterations. Later extensions. No interior features visible.
A. Rogerson (NAU) compares the lancets with the medieval ones in Northgate Street, Great Yarmouth (NHER 1010); indeed it is possible this fossil gable is medieval.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 October 2022.

Architect's plans (S3) in file.

Listing Description (S1) agrees that timber frame is 16th century, saying brick nogging is 17th century. Notes four light ovolo moulded mullions and transomed window at west end north façade which E. Rose (NAU) thought was imitation when seen in 1979, and three light diamond mullioned window above in jetty. The other alterations in north wall are dated to 19th not 18th century. Also notes 16th-century roll moulded chimney piece and tongue stopped beams.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 21 November 1988. Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 October 2022.

Excerpt of Listing Description:
"House and Public House. Late 16th century, altered 17th, 18th and 20th century. Brick and some flint. Earliest part timber framed. Corrugated tiles to roof. Two storeys...First floor jettied and timber framed: close studded and with brick nogging of 17th century...Eastern part of north side largely of 17th-century brickwork and later openings: 19th-century door and canted bay window...Gabled roof with ridge stack left of centre. 16th-century east gable, partly of flint. 18th-century stepped external stack and, beside stack, a blocked arched window. South side of early 17th-century English bond brickwork pierced by assorted casements and sashes. 18th-century two-storey gabled porch in centre. Two-storey gabled 18th-century cross wing to west. Interior: Rectangular late 16th-century chimney piece to west wall with multiple roll mouldings. Spine beam and bridging beam in western part are chamfered and tongue stopped. Remainder of interior much altered."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 October 2022.