Bear Place is an English country house. It is a historic Grade II* listed building. The house is located northeast of Wargrave, Berkshire.
| Bear Place | |
|---|---|
 Bear Place in 1788 | |
  Location within Berkshire | |
General information | |
| Type | Country house |
Architectural style | Georgian |
| Location | Hare Hatch, Berkshire, England |
| Coordinates | 51°30′18″N 0°50′01″W / 51.50512875526167°N 0.8335216026120388°W |
| Year built | 1784–85 |
| Client | David Ximenes, Senior |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Edward Edgerly |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Bear Place |
| Designated | 26 January 1967 |
| Reference no. | 1118177 |
Official name | Moated site 100m south-west of Bear Place |
| Designated | 3 March 1977 |
| Reference no. | 1013137 |
History
editThe house was built in 1784–1785 for David Ximenes, Senior, father of David Ximenes and Morris Ximenes.[1]
In the 20th century, the house was owned by the Barons Remnant, beginning with James Remnant, 1st Baron Remnant in around 1930.[2]
Architecture
editBear Place is a three-storey, seven bay, Georgian brick house built with materials from a demolished Elizabethan house on the site, the moat of which still remains to the southwest of the current house.[3] An unusual architectural feature of the house is that the three bays on either side of the entrance curve out to create bows. It was designed and built by Edward Edgerly of Hurley, and cost £843 (equivalent to £114,470 in 2025).[4][1]
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 Tyack, Geoffrey; Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Brindle, Steven (2010). Berkshire (New, rev. ed.). New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. p. 603. ISBN 9780300126624.
- ↑ "The Lord Remnant, CVO — October 23, 1930 – March 4, 2022". The Henley Standard. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ↑ "Moated site 100m south-west of Bear Place, Wargrave – 1013137". Historic England. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ↑ UK Consumer Price Index inflation figures from 1209–2024 based on data from "Inflation calculator". Bank of England. London. 18 February 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
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