The Blue Bell Inn

{{Short description|Pub in North Yorkshire, England}}

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The Blue Bell Inn is a historic pub in Ingleby Cross, a hamlet in North Yorkshire, in England.

The pub was constructed in 1912, to a design by Walter Brierley.{{cite news |title=Blue Bell Inn, Ingleby Cross, Northallerton |work=The Architect |date=9 July 1920}} Its stone was reused from an earlier inn, which was demolished when the road was widened.{{NHLE |num= 1151373|desc= The Blue Bell Inn attached wall and outbuildings, Ingleby Arncliffe|access-date= 2 February 2025}} As originally designed, the pub had a common room, parlour, and accommodation for the pub landlord all on the ground floor, and a hall on the first floor. Attached stables were designed to provide shelter from the north and east winds. The building was grade II listed in 1990. It lies on the Coast to Coast Walk, and is mentioned in Alfred Wainwright's book, which originated the trail.{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.thebluebellinninglebycross.co.uk/about-us |website=The Blue Bell Inn |access-date=10 February 2025}}

The pub has a pantile roof with a stone ridge and an L-shaped plan. The south front has two storeys and five bays, and a slightly projecting single-storey right wing. Most of the windows are horizontally-sliding sashes, some with keystones. On the left is a yard wall with a shed, and the single-storey outbuilding range. Inside, original features include the decorative inner porch door, a simple stone fireplace in the main bar area, and a smaller fireplace in a wooden inglenook frame. The bar is panelled, and there is a staircase in the Carolean style, described by Historic England as "splendid".{{cite book| last1 =Grenville| first1 =Jane| last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link = Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title =Yorkshire: The North Riding| publisher =Yale University Press | year =2023 | orig-year=1966 |location =New Haven and London | isbn =978-0-300-25903-2 }}