The Thai belfry usually has no special artistic appeal. The Thai have plainly disregarded these structures. There is no definite type for the Thai Ho Rakhang. The simplest is formed by four wooden poles on the top of which there is what looks like a small temple.
Others, built in brick, have a high platform with steps on one or four sides. Over this platform is built a pyramidal roof into which the bell is suspended.
The bell is struck by hand and so the belfry in general is not high. Only the Ho Rakhang of the Wat Phra Kaeo in Bangkok is high and pyramidal in form; the small structure at the top supporting the bell is reached by an inner staircase.
In general the Thai belfry is whitewashed but some, such as that of Wat Phra Kaeo, are decorated with porcelain all over their surfaces.