The Bell Inn The Bell Inn The Bell Inn is an ancient pub in Nottingham, England. Dating from around 1437, it claims, along with Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem and Ye Olde Salutation Inn, to be the oldest pub in the city. In 1982 the pub became a Grade II listed building. Sometime before 1271 Nottingham Whitefriars established a friary on what is now Friar Lane with lands that included a guesthouse on the site of what is now the Bell Inn. The building was constructed as a refectory for the monks of the monastery on Beastmarket Hill; according to dendrochronological dating of
Irish pub largely identical to their counterparts in the Republic except for the aforementioned lack of spirit grocers. Traditional pubs in Belfast include "The Crown Liquor Saloon" (owned by the National Trust) and the city's oldest bar," White's Tavern", which was established in 1630 as a wine shop. Outside Belfast, pubs such as the "House of McDonnell" in Ballycastle (a former spirit grocery retaining all the characteristics of the type) are representative of the traditional country pub. "Peadar O'Donnell's" is a famous traditional pub on Waterloo Street in Derry, while "The Farmers Home" is another fine traditional pub in Strabane, County Tyrone.