Anchor Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1989. Inn.

Anchor Inn

WRENN ID
ruined-cornice-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1989
Type
Inn
Address
Anchor Inn, Fore Street, Hartland
OS grid reference
SS 260 243
Coordinates
50.99201, -4.4796
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Anchor Inn is an inn that likely dates back to the 16th century, with alterations made in the late 18th century and again in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of rubble, with the upper half of the front covered in roughcast, and features slate roofs in two sections along with stone stacks, including one on the ridge to the right and a central stack with a tall rubble shaft rising from the eaves.

Originally, the building had a three-room layout with a through passage, but it has since been combined into a large single room. The lower end was likely to the left and heated by a gable end stack, while the hall to the right of the passage was heated by a front lateral stack. The inner room was probably unheated. In the early to mid-19th century, a gabled addition was made to the lower end, and there is a large 20th-century addition at the rear.

The exterior is two storeys high, with a window arrangement of 2:1:2. The double-hung sash windows are set in reveals, with five featuring small panes and glazing bars, while the other four have vertical glazing bars. There are two windows in the 19th-century portion to the left, each with gablets above. The ground floor has a central door opening with a panelled door.

Inside, the former hall contains a lateral stack with a fireplace that has a wooden bressumer.

Local climate

Anchor Inn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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