The Bear Inn
One of the old buildings on the Blue Plaque trail in Cowbridge, South Wales.
The Bear was Cowbridge's principal inn in the 18C, having an elegant assembly room for important meetings and entertainments. It was where the mail coaches to and from London stopped to change horses. Previously it had been a private house, of late medieval date, belonging to the squires of Llanmihangel Place. Medieval features are still visible (especially the stone-vaulted undercroft) but the present street frontage dates from the 18C.
The bear is a Christmas visitor
The Bear Inn
One of the old buildings on the Blue Plaque trail in Cowbridge, South Wales.
The Bear was Cowbridge's principal inn in the 18C, having an elegant assembly room for important meetings and entertainments. It was where the mail coaches to and from London stopped to change horses. Previously it had been a private house, of late medieval date, belonging to the squires of Llanmihangel Place. Medieval features are still visible (especially the stone-vaulted undercroft) but the present street frontage dates from the 18C.
The bear is a Christmas visitor