Latitude: 51.8593 / 51°51'33"N
Longitude: -3.137 / 3°8'13"W
OS Eastings: 321796
OS Northings: 218466
OS Grid: SO217184
Mapcode National: GBR F0.T4HM
Mapcode Global: VH6CH.KJYJ
Plus Code: 9C3RVV57+P6
Entry Name: The Bear Hotel
Listing Date: 4 January 1952
Last Amended: 25 September 1986
Grade: II*
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 7200
Building Class: Commercial
Also known as: Bear Hotel
The Bear Hotel, Crickhowell
Bear Hotel, Crickhowell
ID on this website: 300007200
Location: At the top of and facing down the High Street, at an angle to the road with cobbled pavement to front. Formerly known as The White Bear.
County: Powys
Community: Crickhowell (Crughywel)
Community: Crickhowell
Built-Up Area: Crickhowell
Traditional County: Brecknockshire
Tagged with: Hotel
Early to mid Georgian 3-storey, 4-window front to coaching inn of earlier origins, said to date back to C15 and certainly to C17; later alterations.
Stucco front with deep cill bands and plinth, slate roof, boxed eaves with moulded cornice and 2 roughcast end chimney stacks. Recessed sash windows with small-pane glazing, 1 tripartite window to 1st floor; moulded architraves to 1st floor windows, 2 with console bracketed hoods, right hand window with apron.
2 tripartite sashes with hoods to ground floor flanking advanced porch with flat roof and iron window-box holders under C19 lamp hung from 1st floor ornamental bracket; ornamental tapered columns to front with plain pilasters to back; half-glazed double doors. Segmental arched gated former coach entrance to right and 2-storey bay set forward adjoins to right with continuous cill band above double boarded garage doors. shaped gable to return bay on right, rendered and with shop front.
2-window right side with early C19 multipaned casement windows flanking advanced chimney breast. Irregular rear roughcast elevation with 3-gabled (one steep) and 1 hipped roof cross ranges; narrow chimney stack and some sash windows with glazing bars.
Interior plan is of the central fireplace stairs type. Travellers' room formerly to right, stables to left and house to rear where kitchens are today. Retains feather stop chamfer beams, panelled doors and window splays and stone flagged floors; dining room coverted from former scullery; pointed barrel vaulted brick cellar possibly C18.
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