Bear and Bells Inn is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. Inn. 6 related planning applications.
Bear and Bells Inn
- WRENN ID
- nether-obsidian-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- Bear and Bells Inn, 11, Old Market, Beccles, NR34 9AP
- OS grid reference
- TM 421 906
- Coordinates
- 52.45968, 1.56328
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bear and Bells Inn is a 17th-century building that has undergone some alterations. It features a brick front with pilasters and is painted with distemper. The steep roof is covered with machine tiles. There are two windows on each floor, which have cambered heads and are sash windows with glazing bars and flush frames. A brown brick chimney is located at the center, and the entrance also has a cambered head. A hanging sign is present as well.
The Old Market, where the inn is located, is an important area near the center of the town. The buildings numbered 9 to 17 (odd) form a group with No 2 Northgate, contributing to the overall character of the market.
Local climate
Bear and Bells Inn receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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 2005
- 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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