Building record 10896 - Bear and Billet Public House, Lower Bridge Street

94 Lower Bridge St. was built in 1664 as a townhouse, but was soon converted into the Bear and Billet Public House (c1665). The timber framed, plaster panel building was built for the Earl of Shrewsbury, and has brick to the rear, a purple slate roof, and a ridge at a right angle to the front. The building is of three storeys in addition to cellars and an attic (1). Please see the linked listed building record for additional structural detail.

New town house built in 1644 for the Earl of Shrewsbury, probably to replace one destroyed during the Civil War Siege (2)

Batenham, 1821, A Plan of the City of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH6513.

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 470313 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

<2> Carrington, P., 1994, English Heritage - the Book of Chester, /92-93 (Book). SCH1117.