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The Bear Hotel is a historic coaching inn in the market town of Devizes in Wiltshire, England. Located in 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. It is now Grade II* listed by Historic England. it is adjacent to the Corn Exchange.

A notable former 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.

See also

• Black Swan Hotel, Devizes, another coaching inn in the town

References

1. Buxton p.11
2. Pevsner & Cherry p.211-12
3. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1250363?section=official-list-entry
4. Lever p.33-39

Bibliography

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

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