The Old Anchor Public House

The Old Anchor Public House is a house, dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of timber framing, plastered with some exposed imitation framing and painted brick, and has a roof of handmade red plain tiles and red clay pantiles. The main range faces northwest and has an axial stack towards the right end. A two-bay crosswing from the 15th century projects to the front, with a 20th-century external stack to the right. A further two-bay crosswing, of uncertain date, is to the left, connected to an early 19th-century stable range at the rear, which is now part of the public house, with a 20th-century extension beyond. A 20th-century extension runs along the full rear of the main range and the right crosswing. The main range and right crosswing are one storey with attics, while the left crosswing is two storeys high.

The ground floor has four 20th-century casement windows. The first floor has two late 19th/early 20th-century casements and one in a gabled dormer. There is a half-glazed door with a lean-to canopy, and a plain door with overlight and sidelights. Late 19th/early 20th-century jetty and brackets are visible on the right crosswing. The axial stack has 'concertina' shafts.

The return (facing Inworth Road) of the former stable range displays painted brick on the ground floor and exposed imitation framing above, with a halved pitching door leading to the loft. The right crosswing features a chamfered binding beam with step stops and a 20th-century foliate carving. The joists are of horizontal section, jointed to the binding beam with unrefined soffit tenons. Some heavy studding is exposed, along with some early 17th-century oak panelling, largely made up of 20th-century imitation work. The ground floor studding at the rear has been removed.

The main range follows a parallelogram plan and incorporates chamfered transverse and axial beams, along with chamfered joists of horizontal section, jointed at an angle. The joists are mainly original in the front half of the range, and largely 20th-century replacements in the rear half. The rear ground floor studding has been wholly removed. A wide wood-burning stove is present to the left, with a 0.23-metre jamb and a chamfered mantel beam with plain stops, and an arched recess at the rear. Much imitation framing and introduced timber is found in the left crosswing and former stable range.