Bear Place Explained

Bear Place
Type:Country House
Coordinates:51.5051°N -0.8335°W
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Location:Hare Hatch, Berkshire, England
Architect:Edward Edgerly
Architecture:Georgian
Built:1784–1785
Built For:David Ximenes, Senior
Designation1:Listed Building
Designation1 Offname:Bear Place
Designation2:Scheduled Monument
Designation2 Offname:Moated site 100m south-west of Bear Place

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.

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

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.[2] 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 .[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Lord Remnant, CVO — October 23, 1930 – March 4, 2022 . The Henley Standard . 2 March 2024.
  2. Web site: Moated site 100m south-west of Bear Place, Wargrave – 1013137 Historic England . historicengland.org.uk . 3 March 2024 . en.
  3. Book: Tyack . Geoffrey . Bradley . Simon . Pevsner . Nikolaus . Brindle . Steven . Berkshire . 2010 . Yale University Press . New Haven, Conn. . 9780300126624 . 603 . New, rev. . Pevsner.