The Anchor Hotel

The Anchor Hotel is a public house and hotel designed in 1901 by George Henry Page of Colchester. It was built on the site of earlier Anchor public houses that date back to the 1630s. The ground floor is constructed of Kentish ragstone rubble, while the upper floors are faced in cement with eclectic timber-framing. The original Brosely tiles on the roof have been replaced with a 20th-century pantiled roof, and the octagonal wooden cupola, which was formerly leaded, now has an iron weathervane.

The building features a unique blend of Jacobean and Bavarian styles and is square in plan, consisting of two storeys and attics with two windows on each main front. The south and east fronts have two projecting gables with deep coving, elaborate oak framing, and terracotta dragon finials. The first floor includes two elliptical curved windows with a decorative Bavarian-style fretted balcony, while the south front has one oriel window and one two-storey French window leading to the balcony. The ground floor has one curved three-light window and one five-light window, with etched glass in the ground floor windows and stained glass at the tops of the others. The first floor is adorned with elaborate Jacobean-style pilasters, and the ground floor features three stone round-headed entrances with keystones and reeded pilasters, double doors, and stained glass.

Inside, the hotel boasts a well staircase with fretted balusters and Minton floor tiles, wooden bar fittings, and black marble fireplaces.