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{{Short description|Hotel in Devizes, England}} {{Short description|Hotel in Devizes, England}}
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'''The Bear Hotel''' is a historic ] in the ] of ] in ], ].<ref>Buxton p.11</ref> Located in the town's ], it is one of many coaching inns in the town that once served the route from London to ]. It is formed of two distinct buildings.<ref>Pevsner & Cherry p.211-12</ref> It is now ] by ].<ref>{{NHLE|desc=The Bear Hotel|num=1250363|access-date=12 December 2024}}</ref> it is adjacent to the ]. '''The Bear Hotel''' is a historic ] in the ] of ] in ], England.<ref>Buxton p.11</ref> On the west side of the town's ], it is one of many coaching inns in the town that once served the route from London to ]. It is formed of two distinct buildings and is now ] by ].<ref name=":0">{{NHLE|desc=The Bear Hotel|num=1250363|access-date=12 December 2024}}</ref>


The earliest records of a Bear Hotel on this site are in 1559.<ref name="Orbach">{{Cite book |last1=Orbach |first1=Julian |title=Wiltshire |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author-link2=Nikolaus Pevsner |last3=Cherry |first3=Bridget |author-link3=Bridget Cherry |publisher=] |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-300-25120-3 |series=] |location=New Haven, US and London |page=278 |oclc=1201298091}}</ref> The left front is from c.1700 and was given an ashlar facing, considered elegant by Julian Orbach, in around 1810.<ref name="Orbach" /> It has two full-height bay windows, flanked by reeded pilasters; the porch is slender ironwork. Behind the white-painted early-18th-century front of the right-hand building is an earlier structure, probably from the 16th or 17th centuries.<ref name=":0" />
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⚫ A notable former resident was the artist ] whose father was landlord of the Bear. He lived there between 1773 and 1780 and as a self-taught child artist he depicted travellers who stayed at the inn, many of them notable ] on the way to fashionable Bath. His success led to him to turn professional, first in Bath and then London. He became a leading ] and ].<ref>Lever p.33-39</ref>
⚫ ], 1788]]
⚫ A notable resident was the artist ], whose father was landlord of the Bear. He lived there between 1773 and 1780 and as a self-taught child artist he depicted travellers who stayed at the inn, many of them notable ] on the way to fashionable Bath. His success led to him to turn professional, first in Bath and then London. He became a leading ] and ].<ref>Lever p.33-39</ref>

Immediately north of the hotel is the town's ].


==See also== ==See also==
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* Buxton, David. ''Around Devizes in Old Photographs''. Sutton, 1990. * Buxton, David. ''Around Devizes in Old Photographs''. Sutton, 1990.
* Levey, Michael. ''Sir Thomas Lawrence''. Yale University Press, 2005. * Levey, Michael. ''Sir Thomas Lawrence''. Yale University Press, 2005.
* Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget . ''Wiltshire''. Yale University Press, 2002.


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Hotel in Devizes, England
The Bear Hotel with its two distinctive adjacent buildings

The Bear Hotel is a historic coaching inn in the market town of Devizes in Wiltshire, England. On the west side of the town's Market Place, it is one of many coaching inns in the town that once served the route from London to Bath. It is formed of two distinct buildings and is now Grade II* listed by Historic England.

The earliest records of a Bear Hotel on this site are in 1559. The left front is from c.1700 and was given an ashlar facing, considered elegant by Julian Orbach, in around 1810. It has two full-height bay windows, flanked by reeded pilasters; the porch is slender ironwork. Behind the white-painted early-18th-century front of the right-hand building is an earlier structure, probably from the 16th or 17th centuries.

Self-portrait by Thomas Lawrence, 1788

A notable resident was the artist Thomas Lawrence, whose father was landlord of the Bear. He lived there between 1773 and 1780 and as a self-taught child artist he depicted travellers who stayed at the inn, many of them notable society figures on the way to fashionable Bath. His success led to him to turn professional, first in Bath and then London. He became a leading portrait painter and President of the Royal Academy.

Immediately north of the hotel is the town's Corn Exchange.

See also

References

  1. Buxton p.11
  2. ^ Historic England. "The Bear Hotel (1250363)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  3. ^ Orbach, Julian; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (2021). Wiltshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-300-25120-3. OCLC 1201298091.
  4. Lever p.33-39

Bibliography

  • Buxton, David. Around Devizes in Old Photographs. Sutton, 1990.
  • Levey, Michael. Sir Thomas Lawrence. Yale University Press, 2005.


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