The Anchor Public House

The Anchor Public House is an early 19th-century building located on the north side of Warminster Market Place. It stands three storeys tall, constructed of ashlar Bath stone, featuring rusticated angle pilasters and plain strings at each floor level, topped with a slate roof, although the rear has old tiles. The upper floors have four ranges of glazing bar sash windows. On the ground floor, there are two windows in slight recesses flanking a modern door. To the right, there is a wide yard entry under a segmental arch, leading to large gates with dog rails. The timber-framed walls of an earlier building are visible in the yard passage, which historically had an open arcade across the pavement, similar to the Old Bell. At the rear, there is a two-and-a-half storey extension, partly timber framed, with a mansard roof covered in old tiles. This extension features a double and a single large glazing bar sash window on the first floor, with a dentil eaves cornice above. Additionally, there is a large gable end brick chimney and a further projecting two-storey gabled extension made of brick.