This was a basic drinkers' pub with "ring the bull" game.

It closed down in October 2008, with the owners reportedly still living in the building at the time. The pub was noted to be on the market in April 2010.

When visited during the summer of 2013, the building appeared to have been abandoned, with rubbish visible through the window unchanged over a couple of months. When visited in June 2017 it was in the same state; the suspicion that it's been abandoned being strengthened by the fact that the curtains hadn't moved from the position they were in back in 2013.

In August 2022 it was observed that the building was undergoing renovation and a new pub sign had been erected. Although subsequent visits discovered no further obvious work, we were told in September 2025 that work is indeed ongoing, albeit slowly, and that interesting developments may be expected in the next year or so.

Originally only licensed as a beerhouse, the Bell got its full license on February 5th, 1962.