The Old Anchor is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1986. House, public house. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Anchor
- WRENN ID
- long-shingle-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1986
- Type
- House, public house
- Address
- The Old Anchor, Roe Green, Sandon
- OS grid reference
- TL 313 336
- Coordinates
- 51.98601, -0.08883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Anchor is a house, formerly a public house, dating from the early to mid 17th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is timber-framed, with part of the frame exposed, and is largely rendered and roughcast. The roof is steeply pitched and half-hipped, covered with thatch. The building originally comprised three cell lobby entry plan. The entrance is located to the right of centre, within a small 20th-century projecting bow. There are 20th-century flush frame casements with three lights. A section of exposed small panel framing, of fairly large scantling, is visible on the first floor towards the centre. Two lunette dormers are present. A central ridge stack exists, alongside a stack added to the left end. A lean-to has been added to the rear right, under a catslide roof, with an entrance in the right end.
Local climate
The Old Anchor sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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