The Three Bears is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

The Three Bears

WRENN ID
ragged-corner-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exmoor National Park
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1969
Type
Cottage
Address
The Three Bears, Selworthy, Somerset, TA24 8HN
OS grid reference
SS 904 470
Coordinates
51.21178, -3.57023
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Three Bears is a cottage located in a row, likely originally two separate cottages, dating from the late 18th century, with possible earlier elements and alterations made in the late 19th century. The exterior is roughcast over rubble and features concrete double Roman tiles, overhanging eaves, and a large brick chimney stack on the right side.

The building is two storeys high and has two bays. On the first floor, there is a two-light casement window on the left and a pointed arch leaded window with Gothick tracery and large diamond panes on the right. The ground floor has two two-light casements on the left and a three-light window on the right, with grooved lintels and keystones above the outer bays. The central window appears to be a blocked doorway. On the extreme left, there is a good panelled door with a grooved surround and a keystone above a divided tracery fanlight.

The interior has not been inspected but may have originally been a pair of one-up one-down cottages that were later converted into a single dwelling. The cottage is adjacent to Myrtle Cottage on the right.

Local climate

The Three Bears sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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