Although this pub is not on any CAMRA inventory, it is a grade II listed building and the listing description is as follows: “Much altered and restored, but an original C17 brick and timber-framed building of 4 storeys, the top being 4 gables, each with one window. Modern leaded casements and much modern facsimile ornament. Staircase of late C17 or early C18. 2 rainwater heads dated 1717 with letters G.R. and one smaller head dated 1774. Later 2-storeyed addition on west side.” According to Real Ale in Derby, the “old Tudor Room (once a men-only preserve) has been restored to near to its former glory. The front bar (the old ‘two steps down’) has been restored to pristine condition…The former lounge, snug and snooker rooms have reverted to an ornate function room, almost as it was pre-war.”

The Old Bell Hotel features on the Rams, Rails and Real Ales: Daytime Pub Tour of Derby on 25 March 2023.

WhatPub link: WhatPub/Old Bell Hotel