Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4065NE LOWER BRIDGE STREET
595-1/6/245 (West side)
28/07/55 No.94
Bear & Billet Public House

GV I

Town house, then public house. 1664. For the Earl of
Shrewsbury. Timber frame with plaster panels; brick to rear;
purple slate roof, ridge at right-angle to front.
EXTERIOR: cellars, 3 storeys and attic. Replaced door has a
mullioned window of three 1-pane lights to each side, that to
north separated by a panel; aprons to windows replaced in
brick; a broad oak door, south, of 4 panels, 2 panels with
lozenge bracing and 4 panels; floor beneath pavement level;
beer drop before southern window; consoles on central and
corner posts carry jetty bressumer, fascia carved with
semicircles. The second storey has 8 pairs of panels between
consoles carrying sill-jetty; each pair of panels has central
splat-baluster post; full-width leaded mullioned and transomed
window of 16 lights. Slightly jettied third storey floor beam
has fascia carved with semicircles; 12 basket-arched panels
between consoles carrying jettied sill of full-width leaded
mullioned and transomed window of 16 lights. Jettied beam to
attic storey inscribed 16:HH:64 has running vine pattern; row
of 12 decorated square panels; framed and boarded double
loading doors in gable with 2-light leaded casement to each
side and above, in small framing; herringbone struts in apex;
carved bargeboards and drop finial. Lateral chimneys north and
south and on west gable.
Unoccupied during change of ownership in 1991-2.
INTERIOR could not be inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ4064465831

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Bear and Billet at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4876598

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)