Blue Bell Inn pub sign - Upper Parliament Street - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member SMacB
N 52° 57.308 W 001° 09.003
30U E 624273 N 5868880
A blue painted dummy bell on the front of the Blue Bell Inn, Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham.
Waymark Code: WMZ7CN
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/23/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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A blue painted dummy bell on the front of the Blue Bell Inn, Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham.

The attractive frontage suggests a traditional drinkers pub, but it currently caters for those wishing to listen to modern music.

"Public house. Late C19, remodelled 1904, by Hedley J Price of Nottingham, altered mid and late C20. Red brick, with faience fronts and slate roofs with various gable stacks. Baroque Revival style front to Upper Parliament Street. 3 storeys plus attics; 3 bays. Green glazed faience shopfront with foliage pilasters. Central doorway with overlight and shell canopy, flanked by segment-arched cross mullioned windows. Upper floors, brown glazed, are divided by rusticated half-columns in 3 orders. First floor has a blank centre with a bracket carrying a dummy bell. On each side, a canted oriel window with bracket and crest, and ogee headed lights with transoms. Above again, a single window flanked by 3-light cross mullioned windows, all with segment heads and voussoirs. Attics, above the main cornice, have a broken segmental pediment with finial, flanked by a parapet. Central Venetian window with keystones, flanked by single windows, all composite sashes. Rear elevation to Forman Street, 3 storeys, 8 window range, has modillion cornice. Green and blue glazed pubfront with cross mullioned windows. Above, regular courses of composite sashes.

INTERIOR mainly refitted late C20. Central bar, early C20, has panelled wainscotting and bow fronted bar, and cross beam ceiling with central skylight."

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