Bear Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1971. A C17 Commercial. 6 related planning applications.
Bear Hotel
- WRENN ID
- north-facade-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1971
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- Bear Hotel, King Street, Sudbury, CO10 2EB
- OS grid reference
- TL 875 413
- Coordinates
- 52.03857, 0.73321
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bear Hotel, located on King Street, dates back to 1692 and is possibly originally from the 17th century, although it has been significantly altered and modernized. The building is two stories with an attic, featuring one square-headed dormer casement. It has a timber-framed and plastered structure, but there is now a considerable amount of brickwork. The steep roofs are tiled, and the gable at the first floor overhangs to the west. The ground floor is made of modern red brick on the left, while the upper storey is painted brick with a parapet. There are four windows on the first floor, including one two-light window, mainly flush frame sash with glazing bars. The Bear Hotel occupies an important position in the area. The hotel, along with Nos 1 to 11 (consecutive), forms a group.
Local climate
Bear Hotel sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 2 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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