The Anchor Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The Anchor Public House
- WRENN ID
- iron-minaret-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Anchor Public House, High Street, Great Barford, MK44 3LF
- OS grid reference
- TL 134 516
- Coordinates
- 52.15166, -0.34376
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Anchor Public House is a public house dating from around 1700, with a 19th-century addition. The earlier rear wing features color-washed rough cast over a timber frame and has a clay tile roof. It has a three-bay plan and stands two stories high, with 20th-century casement windows and a 20th-century porch. The 19th-century block is made of color-washed brick, has a hipped slate roof with wide eaves, and consists of four bays over two stories, with sash windows on both floors and a 20th-century glazed door. The building is listed for its group value.
Local climate
The Anchor Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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