Hope And Anchor Hotel

The Hope and Anchor Hotel is a building located in the Market Place, dating from 1839. It features early 19th-century ashlar stonework on the front, while the rear showcases early 17th-century coursed stone rubble, particularly visible in the gabled dormers. The hotel stands three storeys tall and has seven sash windows. A small porch with a stuccoed Roman Doric cornice hood is present at the entrance. The left-hand wing, which previously had a modern shop front, now features plain inn windows. The eaves are simple, and there is a 19th-century cast-iron inn sign.

Inside, the hotel contains an enriched oak overmantel dating to around 1610, which has fluted Ionic shafts with upside-down volutes flanking a bolection moulding around the fireplace. This overmantel supports an enriched cornice on consoles, decorated with panels featuring fleurs-de-lys, unicorns, and the Tudor Rose, albeit with a crude execution. The entrance lobby includes a small section of a moulded plaster ceiling from the same period. The history of the building is somewhat unclear, but it is loosely connected to the Governor during the time when Wirksworth had a penal settlement.