The White Bear
The White Bear, 11, Church Street, Barnsley, S70 2AB
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1151142
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jan-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The White Bear
- Statutory Address:
- The White Bear, 11, Church Street, Barnsley, S70 2AB
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-09-16
- Reference:
- IOE01/04255/09
- Rights:
- © Mr John Kril. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1151142
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jan-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The White Bear
- Statutory Address 1:
- The White Bear, 11, Church Street, Barnsley, S70 2AB
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- The White Bear, 11, Church Street, Barnsley, S70 2AB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Barnsley (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE3444906481
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 4 October 2021 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
SE3406SW
9/9
BARNSLEY
Barnsley
CHURCH STREET (east side)
No 11 (The White Bear)
(Formerly listed as The Royal Hotel)
GV
II
Hotel. Late C18, probably re-roofed mid C19, main doorway probably early C20. Painted, dressed stone. Welsh slate roof. Three storeys, seven-bay near-symmetrical facade. Raised ashlar quoins. Wide central doorway with round-arched head and splayed jambs in a single cyma moulding. To far left is a part-blocked carriage entrance with elliptical head with alternately extended voussoirs. All windows are in plain raised surrounds, those to ground-floor right being c1975 replacements. First-floor sill band, second-floor sill and lintel bands. Plain sashes to first and second floors. Second-floor windows slightly shorter. Moulded stone brackets to gutter. Gable copings. Three later brick stacks.
Rear: projecting wing with similar sash windows, hipped roof and tiled ground-floor addition.
Formerly called the White Bear Public House and renamed after Princess Victoria changed horses here while travelling between Harewood and Wentworth Woodhouse in 1835.
Listing NGR: SE3444906481
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 333695
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 03-Jul-2026 at 08:04:36.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.