Description

ALCESTER HIGH STREET
SP0857 (East side)
4/75 The Bear Hotel
01/02/67

GV II

Inn. C17, much altered mid/late C19 and C20. Timber framed and roughcast, and some whitewashed brick. Tile roof; brick stacks. U-plan. One-storey and attic; 4-window range. Late C20 glazed double-leaf doors inside large open porch with wood piers and shaped brackets, and sides with C17 turned balusters. Ground floor built out on left; this and the porch have slate roofs. Canted bay on right. Ground floor has C20 casements with leaded lights. First floor has half-dormers with C19 iron casements with glazing bars, and shaped bargeboards. Brick stack in left hand front corner. To rear: Small amount of exposed framing in centre. C19 brick wing with slate roof on left. Brick wing on right rebuilt late C20. Interior: Ground floor has some exposed framing and ceiling beams. Much altered. Rebuilt wing has re-used king post roof trusses. Upper floor said
to have exposed framing.
(V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol.III, p.10).

Listing NGR: SP0897957361

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496479

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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