The Old Bell is a
pub in
Henley-on-Thames
Henley-on-Thames ( ) is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, northeast of Reading, west of Maidenhead, southeast of Oxford and west of London (by road), near the tripoint of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buc ...
,
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...
. It was built in 1325 and is the oldest building in Henley. It is a
Grade II* listed building.
History
The building has a
timber frame, with a
crown post which
dendrochronology
Dendrochronology (or tree-ring dating) is the scientific method of dating tree rings (also called growth rings) to the exact year they were formed. As well as dating them, this can give data for dendroclimatology, the study of climate and atmos ...
has dated to 1325. It was built probably as a wing of a large town house.
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In the 1760s it was converted into a pub called The Duke of Cumberland.
It is currently controlled by ]Brakspear Brewery
W.H. Brakspear & Sons Ltd. is a brewer in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Since the closure of its original brewery in Henley-on-Thames in 2002, most of its beers have been brewed by Wychwood Brewery in West Oxfordshire. In 1993, beer writer Mic ...
.
See also
* Old Bell, a list of other pubs with this name
References
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14th-century architecture in the United Kingdom
Grade II* listed pubs in Oxfordshire
Henley-on-Thames
Timber framed pubs in England