Anchor Terrace And Attached Railings

Anchor Terrace comprises eight terraced houses built as a unified design, later converted into an office complex. The construction dates to 1834. The building is primarily of yellow stock brick, with partial stuccoing. It features cast-iron railings and balconies, as well as sections of stone balustrading. The overall design includes slightly projecting end and central sections of three storeys, an attic, and a basement; the intervening sections are of three storeys and a basement. The bay pattern is two bays, four bays, five bays, five bays, and two bays. The end sections and the central section (number 7) have a heavy stucco cornice at the third-floor level, supporting an attic storey with its own cornice and panelled parapet. Intermediate sections possess a cornice and panelled parapet at the third-floor level. The ground floor and basement are stuccoed. Ground-floor openings are round-headed, with moulded cornices above the spring and moulded architraves. A continuous, break-front cornice adorns the doorheads, which incorporate patterned fanlights. While some original doors have been replaced with windows, the cornice head treatment remains. A central, prostyle porch supports a balustraded balcony on brackets with a dentil cornice. The porch's round entrance arch rests on paired, square columns with foliated capitals. Similar balconies are present on the outer sections, and cast-iron balconies are found at the first-floor level of the inner sections. Sash windows with glazing bars, set within gauged flat brick arches, are found on the first and second floors. A moulded string sits at the second-floor sills of the main features, while a plain band is present in the inner sections. Facade detailing is continued along the returns for three bays. Internally, only one curved staircase remains from the original fittings. Subsidiary features include spearhead cast-iron railings to the steps and areas. The ground-floor exterior was re-rendered in 1958 as an accurate reproduction of the original work. Recent archaeological investigation revealed remains of the old Globe Theatre located beneath part of the building.