Garage At East End Of The Anchor Public House (The Anchor Public House Not Included)

The garage, dating from the 17th century, was originally a small cottage and now forms the eastern end of a public house, which is not included in the listing. The front wall is likely constructed of stone or cob and rendered, with side walls of cob on a high stone rubble plinth, and a rear wall of stone rubble, partially rebuilt in concrete block. It has a pantiled roof and a single-room plan, approximately 5.3 metres wide and 5.2 metres deep.

The front elevation features a wide vehicle entrance on the right-hand side and a small, segmentally-headed window to the left. This window retains a chamfered, rectangular wooden frame, presumably from the 17th century, originally containing a central mullion, and now fitted with a 6-paned fixed sash. There are no windows in the upper storey.

Inside, the upper floor displays a chamfered beam with scroll-stops, designed for a room of this width, along with fairly plain joists. The upper floor is covered with old floorboards, likely re-used, and showing redundant pegs. There is no staircase and currently no access to the upper storey.

This building is a rare survival of a small 17th-century cottage, and though altered, retains enough of its original shape and character to be significant. A map of 1843 shows it as a separate dwelling and it appears not to have originally been part of a larger house.

The public house itself, which is not included in the listing, is also an early structure, significantly altered in the 19th century. It has very thick walls and some old roof trusses, heavily plastered. A large fireplace was partly exposed during building work in 1985, and a joist dated 1648 or 1668, apparently in its original position, was discovered in the eastern room adjacent to the garage.