Bear Inn

The Bear Inn, originally a coaching inn and now a hotel, likely dates to the late 17th century, with later additions from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and a substantial addition around 1920. The building is constructed of coursed rubble limestone, largely roughcast rendered, with ashlar and rubble chimneys, and features stone slate and plain tile roofs. It is a two-storey building with an attic, expanded by a two-storey north range and a larger, three-storey with attic block. A two-storey rear wing is also present.

The east front exhibits a late 17th-century building with two gables to the left, displaying a two-window frontage with three-light chamfered mullioned casements with hoodmoulds on both the ground and upper floors, and two-light attic casements. A central doorway is accompanied by a flat-roofed lobby addition. Ridge-mounted chimneys mark the original gable ends. A 1920s extension to the right incorporates a large segmental arched entrance, situated beyond a gabled bay with low eaves. Above the entrance is a projecting mullioned window supported by a corbel table, topped with a small gable. A rounded section of the early 20th-century block projects forward, featuring a hipped roof and a curved mullioned window on the ground floor.

The north side presents a five-window frontage, with timber cross windows to an arcaded ground floor, and cross windows in plain openings on the middle and upper floors. Four hipped attic dormers are also present. The west side displays the return end of the main block, showing a four-window frontage, partially obscured on the ground floor by a 20th-century flat-roofed addition. To the right is an early 19th-century projecting wing with a single 12-pane sash window. The west gable features a two-window eight-pane sash fenestration and an outshut to the right, with an upper floor three-light stone mullioned casement. A recessed block is part of a 20th-century enlargement.

The inn holds historical significance as the base of the Niblett family's carrying business in the second half of the 18th century, commanding a prominent position on Rodborough Common.