The Blue Anchor Inn PH

Thick-walled random limestone rubble fabric with dressed quoins and a general batter rather than a base batter indicating a polite build. Combed wheat reed thatched roof with eyebrows, but plainly finished, end gables. The roof has a higher ridge line over the eastern two-thirds of the building. Three rebuilt stone ridge stacks and a square stone stack at left-hand front angle of building. Two storeys, four unit single depth plan, but with a rear extension covering almost all of the ground floor. Main south elevation has three windows, irregularly spaced and sized, all later wooden casements, central pointed-arch chamfered stone doorframe with plank door. Two staircase projections to frontage. A late C20 single storey extension to the right covers what was the fourth window. West gable end with modern 6 over 6 pane sash window in brick frame. Rear elevation has a small square casement window to the inner room at right. A random rubble single storey extension covers the rest of the ground floor, this has a door and three modern casements windows. Small casement in eyebrow dormer on the main wall above this.

Only the ground floor was inspected at resurvey (October 2003). The door enters the former cross-passage which had the kitchen to the right, this is now the bar area. To the left, through a doorway with half of a pointed arch stone frame, is what was the Hall with the inner room beyond, this is separated off by a stone screen with a pointed arch oak doorway. These main rooms have massive original chamfered ceiling beams with broach and diagonal stops, some original joists, and each has an open stone fireplace with heavy oak hearth-beam; each also has a winding staircase, the kitchen (bar) one with stone treads. The outer room is now windowless but it too has a fireplace with a bread oven. The building is said to retain its principal rafter roof.