Old White Bear Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 October 1984. Inn. 2 related planning applications.

Old White Bear Hotel

WRENN ID
heavy-sentry-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 October 1984
Type
Inn
Address
Old White Bear Hotel, Keighley Road, Glusburn and Cross Hills, BD20 7RN
OS grid reference
SE 009 450
Coordinates
53.90155, -1.98727
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old White Bear Hotel is an inn dating from 1735, although it has been somewhat altered over the years. The building is constructed of rubble with a stone slate roof and features two storeys with three bays. On the left side, there is a former five-light stone square mullion window, which now has only the two inner mullions remaining. To the right of the entrance, there is a similar window with two lights. The other windows are of a later date. One doorway, which has a chamfered triangular head, has been converted into a window. The other doorway features a hoodmould that is returned inwards at the ends, along with a plaque above it that reads "B F Esquire 1735." The building has two chimneys. To the right, there are ancillary buildings that include an external stone stair, which was restored from a ruin in the late 19th century. At the rear of the inn, there is a five-light recessed square mullion window and a round-headed doorway that has impost blocks and a keystone. Inside, the inn features stop-chamfered beams.

Local climate

Old White Bear Hotel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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