The Anchorage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. House.
The Anchorage
- WRENN ID
- south-plaster-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Anchorage, 52a, Bell Street, Shaftesbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 864 231
- Coordinates
- 51.00761, -2.19458
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Anchorage, located at 52A Bell Street, dates back to 1615. This building features a front that was modified from the 18th century to the early 19th century. It stands two storeys high with two windows and has a higher frontage compared to No 52, while sharing a similar ridge-line and a common stack with it, as well as an additional stack at the right-hand end. The roof is gabled and tiled. The front is made of stone rubble with a plinth. The windows are three panes wide, and the entrance is situated on the east side, facing Victoria Street. It has a six-panelled door within a frame, with the top two panels cut away, and is topped by a flat hood supported by shaped brackets. The Anchorage is part of a group that includes Nos 42 to 52A (even), No 1 Victoria Street, and Nos 2 to 8 (even) Barton Hill.
Local climate
The Anchorage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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