The White Bear

The White Bear is a hotel built in the late 18th century, likely re-roofed in the mid-19th century, with its main doorway probably added in the early 20th century. The building features painted dressed stone and a Welsh slate roof. It has three storeys and a seven-bay nearly symmetrical facade, with raised ashlar quoins. The wide central doorway has a round-arched head and splayed jambs in a single cyma moulding. To the far left, there is a part-blocked carriage entrance with an elliptical head and alternately extended voussoirs. All windows have plain raised surrounds, with the ground-floor right windows being replacements from around 1975. There is a sill band on the first floor and sill and lintel bands on the second floor. The first and second floors have plain sashes, with the second-floor windows being slightly shorter. Moulded stone brackets support the gutter, and there are gable copings and three later brick stacks. At the rear, there is a projecting wing with similar sash windows, a hipped roof, and a tiled ground-floor addition. The building was formerly known as the White Bear Public House and was renamed after Princess Victoria changed horses here while traveling between Harewood and Wentworth Woodhouse in 1835.