The Bell and Bear Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1984. Public house. 2 related planning applications.

The Bell and Bear Public House

WRENN ID
brooding-trefoil-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Milton Keynes
Constituency
Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 1984
Type
Public house
Address
The Bell and Bear Public House, 12, High Street, Emberton, MK46 5DH
OS grid reference
SP 886 494
Coordinates
52.13669, -0.70617
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bell and Bear Public House is an 18th-century building located on High Street in Emberton. It is constructed from coursed rubble and features a slate roof. The structure has three bays and stands two storeys tall. The door situated between the left-hand bays is topped with a modern hood supported by scrolled iron brackets. The left-hand central bay has a three-light casement window, while the centre bay also has a three-light barred casement. The right-hand bay includes a four-pane sash window with brick jambs, and to the right of this window is a door that also has a modern hood with scrolled iron brackets. On the upper floor, there are three-light central bar casements. At the rear, there is a two-storey stone range.

Local climate

The Bell and Bear Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
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