Bear Pit Near South Side of Botanical Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1973. Bear pit.

Bear Pit Near South Side of Botanical Gardens

WRENN ID
buried-buttress-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sheffield
Constituency
Sheffield Central MP: Abtisam Mohamed (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1973
Type
Bear pit
Address
Bear Pit Near South Side of Botanical Gardens, Clarkehouse Road
OS grid reference
SK 334 862
Coordinates
53.37163, -1.49939
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bear Pit, located near the south side of the Botanical Gardens in Sheffield, is an early 19th-century structure that was restored in the mid-20th century. It is constructed from coursed rubble with stone dressings and features renewed iron railings. The circular pit measures approximately 5 meters in diameter and 4 meters deep, surrounded by a low parapet wall with slab coping. The entrance consists of a triple arched passage, with a larger central opening that includes slots for bars or doors. Inside the pit, there are two blocked segment-headed openings on opposite sides. This bear pit is one of the original features of the Botanical Gardens.

Local climate

Bear Pit Near South Side of Botanical Gardens receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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