Anchor House

Anchor House, originally the Anchor Brewery, is a building dating from the early 19th century. It is now used as offices and maisonettes. The building is divided into three distinct parts. The left range is constructed of yellow brick with a renewed pantiled roof and rebuilt brick ridge chimneys. It rises to three storeys and has six first-floor windows. A rebuilt shop front on the right side features double half-glazed doors flanked by shop windows with glazing bars, and four fluted Doric half-columns supporting a triglyph frieze with a dentilled cornice. A flattened arch is present to the left. The windows have sash glazing bars under flat, gauged brick arches. A box cornice tops the facade. A date stone reading B/TJ/1773 is on the left wall. Adjoining to the right is a two-storey range with three round-headed ground floor windows, featuring keyblocks and three rebuilt sash windows on the first floor, clad in weatherboarding. The right range, dating to 1868, is constructed of red brick with yellow brick detailing and has a hipped slate roof in two spans. It is four storeys high and has a seven-window range, with three bays defined by pilasters. First and second-floor windows are round-headed casements with glazing bars, with cambered brick arches on the ground and third floors. A dentilled string course and moulded eaves cornice are present. The corner facing Westwick Street is rounded, leading to a nine-window range of similar style. A carriage arch, with three windows above, connects to the left range. The former Vat House, at the rear, is of painted brick construction with a slate roof. It is now two storeys high and has a four-window range. The facade has a central segmental-headed doorway flanked by pairs of round-headed windows with glazing bar casements. A dentilled string course runs under the continuous casement lights, and a louvred roof ventilator is present. The interior of the left part has been entirely remodelled, while the right part retains a barrel-vaulted ground floor with rows of cast iron columns. The Vat House retains its original industrial A-frame roof. Remodelling took place in 1983-4, replicating original features where necessary.