Anchor Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. Inn. 1 related planning application.
Anchor Inn
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1979
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- Anchor Inn, 1, High Street, Cowes
- OS grid reference
- SZ 496 959
- Coordinates
- 50.76122, -1.29765
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Anchor Inn is an early 19th-century building located on the west side of High Street in West Cowes. It stands three storeys tall and is constructed of painted brick. The roof is concealed by a parapet. The facade features two sash windows and a central blank space, with the glazing bars intact except for the right-hand window on the ground floor. There are cornices with console brackets above the windows, and the entrance is marked by a central round-headed door case.
Local climate
Anchor Inn receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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