The Bear (Allot Abraham & Son)

The Bear is a two-storey, four-window public house, likely dating from the 16th century, with later additions and alterations. The front is largely constructed of rubble, with some areas revealing a timber-framed wall behind, featuring a middle rail and carved brackets that previously supported a gable. The roof is slate, hipped at the right end, and has a brick chimney stack backing onto the entrance. Original pivot windows are on the first floor, while the ground floor has a single 12-pane sash window with horns, set under a timber lintel, along with two modern splayed bay windows. A small sash window is positioned beside a six-panel door, which is sheltered by a bracketed hood with incised pilasters and accessed by a broad set of steps. A partly exposed timber frame exists at the left gable end, including a half-glazed door. A cross wing extends at the rear.

The interior retains significant original features, though the layout has been modified. Post-and-panel partitions are found throughout. The right-hand section, dating back to the 16th century, includes a dining room with feather stop-chamfered beams over stone-flagged cellars, accessed by stone steps, and a small fireplace in the end wall. The drawing room features roll stop-chamfered beams and joists, and a timber lintel above a fireplace containing a relocated bread oven door. Fitted cupboards with panelled doors, likely from the 17th century, are integrated into the rear wall of this room. A broad staircase rises around the main chimney stack. The first floor exhibits a variety of stop chamfers, and one fireplace has a roll-moulded timber lintel. The main range has A-frame trusses, which have been replaced in the cross wing. The rubble chimney stack has weathercoursing in the attic, suggesting a lower original roof pitch.