Bear and Billet | |
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Location | 94 Lower Bridge Street, Chester, Cheshire, England |
Coordinates | 53°11′11″N 2°53′23″W / 53.1863°N 2.8896°W |
OS grid reference | SJ 406 658 |
Built | 1664 |
Built for | Earls of Shrewsbury |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | No.94 Bear & Billet Public House |
Designated | 28 July 1955 |
Reference no. | 470313 |
The Bear and Billet is a public house at 94 Lower Bridge Street, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1] The building has been described as "the finest 17th-century timber-framed town house in Chester"[2] and "one of the last of the great timber-framed town houses in England".[3] It stands on the west side of Lower Bridge Street to the north of the Bridgegate.[4]