Description

STAFFORD

SJ9223SW GREENGATE STREET
590-1/10/37 (East side)
No.7
The Bear Public House

GV II

Public house. C17 with c1870 facade and rear wing.
Timber-frame with brick to rear; steep tile roof. 2 storeys
with attic; symmetrical 2-window range. C20 ground floor with
deep fascia; attic has 2 jettied gables. Ground floor has
entrance to left of centre and to right end; 2 canted oriels;
1st floor has 2 rectangular oriels of 4 round-headed lights
with leaded glazing; attic has projecting windows of 2
round-headed lights with wide bracketed sills and cornices and
leaded glazing. Decorative timber-framing. C19 moulded timber
sign bracket with scrolled wrought-iron braces, with C20 sign,
originally with carved bear to top. Rear has 2-storey gabled
wing with single-storey wing to end; some revealed
timber-framing, close studded with brace, over entrance to
left. INTERIOR altered; roof reported as having double
trenched purlins, double collars with plain chamfers and queen
struts.
(County Sites and Monuments Record).

Listing NGR: SJ9223523221

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Bear Public House official website
• Wikidata Q26489936

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)