Bear Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1972. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Bear Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- tangled-chamber-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Constituency
- Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1972
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Bear Farmhouse, Binfield Road, Waltham St. Lawrence, RG42 5QE
- OS grid reference
- SU 843 736
- Coordinates
- 51.45589, -0.78784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bear Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century, with extensions and alterations made in the 19th and mid-20th centuries. The structure features a combination of timber framing with brick infill, some areas encased in brick, and parts constructed entirely of brick. The roofs are gabled and covered with old tiles. The building has an L-shaped plan consisting of three by two framed bays, with extensions at the internal angle. It stands two storeys high and has two chimneys at the rear and one on the ridge, all topped with clay pots.
The south elevation, which faces the road, displays timber framing that is underbuilt in brick. On the first floor, there are three two-light leaded casement windows, while the ground floor features two larger similar windows. To the left of the centre, there is a gabled entrance porch that is now disused, with a plain window replacing the original door. The main entrance is located on the east gable, beneath a large gabled projection that has a tall window in the weatherboarded gable. Inside, the principal ground floor beams and joists are exposed, all featuring plain chamfers, and the roof is supported by a queen post structure.
Local climate
Bear Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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