Bear Place

Grade II* listed country house in Berkshire, England

51°30′18″N 0°50′01″W / 51.50512875526167°N 0.8335216026120388°W / 51.50512875526167; -0.8335216026120388OS grid referenceSU 81044 79114Built1784–1785Built forDavid Ximenes, SeniorArchitectEdward EdgerlyArchitectural style(s)Georgian

Listed Building

Official nameBear PlaceDesignated26 January 1967; 57 years ago (1967-01-26)Reference no.1118177

Scheduled monument

Official nameMoated site 100m south-west of Bear PlaceDesignated3 March 1977; 47 years ago (1977-03-03)Reference no.1013137

Location of Bear Place in Berkshire

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Bear Place (England)

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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 £134,905 in 2023).^[4]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Tyack, Geoffrey; Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Brindle, Steven (2010). Berkshire (New, rev. ed.). New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. p. 603. ISBN 9780300126624.
^ "The Lord Remnant, CVO — October 23, 1930 – March 4, 2022". The Henley Standard. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "Moated site 100m south-west of Bear Place, Wargrave – 1013137 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
^ 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 May 7, 2024.