The Bear's Paw Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1952. A C17 Public house. 8 related planning applications.
The Bear's Paw Hotel
- WRENN ID
- leaning-rampart-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1952
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Bear's Paw Hotel, Main Street, Frodsham, WA6 7AF
- OS grid reference
- SJ 517 779
- Coordinates
- 53.29611, -2.72612
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bear's Paw Hotel is a public house located on Main Street in Frodsham. Originally built as a house in 1632, it was restored in 1903-1904 by architects Douglas and Minshull. The building is constructed from red coursed sandstone rubble and features a small-slate roof. It has two storeys and five windows, with an E-shaped, almost symmetrical design.
The exterior includes a plinth and a moulded band at the first floor. Each bay has a coped gable with kneelers, eaves, and ridge obelisk finials, along with four stone chimneys. The two-storey porch has replaced double doors and an upper storey window that is a three-light mullioned and transomed window with a moulded band above. There are recessed bays on either side of the porch, each containing a three-light mullioned and transomed window on both storeys. The wider end bays feature five-light mullioned and transomed windows. All mullions and transomes are recessed ovolo, with many having been restored. The door lintel is inscribed with "W:L:ANNO:DOMINI:1632." The interior has been altered.
Local climate
The Bear's Paw Hotel receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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