Crown and Anchor Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1950. Public house. 2 related planning applications.

Crown and Anchor Public House

WRENN ID
veiled-lantern-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 October 1950
Type
Public house
Address
Crown and Anchor Public House, West Street, Blandford Forum, DT11 7AW
OS grid reference
ST 883 062
Coordinates
50.85558, -2.16623
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Crown and Anchor Public House is a corner building dating from after 1731. It is three stories tall and features five windows, with one additional window on the splayed angle. The structure is clearly of early 18th century design and has sash windows with segmental heads, along with two gable windows on the second floor. It is adorned with a coved cornice and has later stucco, applied half-timbering, and an eaves fascia. The public house is part of a group that includes Nos 1 to 11 (odd).

Local climate

Crown and Anchor Public House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • No sale records on file
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. 9 and 11, West Street Grade II 13 m
  2. 17, West Street Grade II 16 m
  3. 5 and 7, West Street Grade II 28 m
  4. Three Choughs Public House Grade II 33 m
  5. 10, West Street Grade II 34 m
  6. 12, West Street Grade II 35 m
  7. The Crown Hotel Grade II 37 m
  8. 6 and 8, West Street Grade II 38 m
  9. 1 and 3, West Street Grade II 42 m
  10. 4, West Street Grade II 46 m