Bear and Billet, Chester blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Bear and Billet. This outstanding timber building was originally the Town House of the Earls of Shrewsbury, Sergeants of the Bridgegate in the Mid 17th Century. Dated 1664, it may have replaced an earlier house destroyed during the civil war. It has been an inn since the 18th Century.

The Bear and Billet is a historically significant timber-framed building in Chester that served as the Town House for the Earls of Shrewsbury in the mid-17th century, later becoming an important local inn. Its survival offers insight into the architectural heritage and social history of 17th-century England.