Bear Place

Bear Place
Bear Place in 1788
Location within Berkshire
General information
Type	Country house
Architectural style	Georgian
Location	Hare Hatch, Berkshire, England
Coordinates	51°30′18″N0°50′01″W / 51.50512875526167°N 0.8335216026120388°W / 51.50512875526167; -0.8335216026120388
Year(s) built	1784–85
Client	David Ximenes, Senior
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Edward Edgerly
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Bear Place
Designated	26 January 1967;58 years ago (1967-01-26)
Reference no.	1118177
Scheduled monument
Official name	Moated site 100m south-west of Bear Place
Designated	3 March 1977;48 years ago (1977-03-03)
Reference no.	1013137

Bear Place is an English country house. It is a historic Grade II* listed building. The house is located northeast of Wargrave, Berkshire.

History

The house was built in 1784–1785 for David Ximenes, Senior, father of David Ximenes and Morris Ximenes. ^[1]

In the 20th century, the house was owned by the Barons Remnant, beginning with James Remnant, 1st Baron Remnant in around 1930. ^[2]

Architecture

Bear Place is a three-storey, seven bay, Georgian brick house built with materials from a demolished Elizabethan house on the site, the moat of which still remains to the southwest of the current house. ^[3] An unusual architectural feature of the house is that the three bays on either side of the entrance curve out to create bows. It was designed and built by Edward Edgerly of Hurley, and cost £843 (equivalent to £134,905in 2023). ^{[4] [1]}

• Berkshire portal

See also

• Grade II* listed buildings in Berkshire

References

1. Tyack, Geoffrey; Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Brindle, Steven (2010). Berkshire (New, rev. ed.). New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. p. 603. ISBN   9780300126624.
2. "The Lord Remnant, CVO — October 23, 1930 – March 4, 2022". The Henley Standard. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
3. "Moated site 100m south-west of Bear Place, Wargrave – 1013137". Historic England. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
4. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth . Retrieved 7 May 2024.

External links

• Historic England – Bear Place