The Anchor P H including the Watergate

The Anchor public house, which includes the Watergate, is a building constructed of rubble stone, partially covered with rendering, and featuring roofs of Welsh slate and pantiles. The older section dates to an earlier period and has two storeys and an attic, with two windows on each floor. These windows are modern, with two lights and leaded glass. A steeply pitched pantile roof is topped by a large gable stack on the right-hand side. Small, rectangular, blocked windows are visible on the first floor and in the attic of the gable wall, alongside a small, slate-roofed lean-to covering the ground floor. This lean-to sits beside the remains of a pointed arch representing the Abbey watergate, which is attached to the building. The rear elevation of this block shows remnants of a first-floor window, largely obscured by a catslide roof of slates extending over a projecting rear wing. This wing is built upon the remains of a vaulted undercroft, of which fragments are still visible externally; the undercroft was likely heightened in the 18th century to cover a 17th-century window. The rear gable has a blocked window and a two-light casement window on the ground floor, with a single-light window above in the gable.

The cider-mill range, which forms part of the public house, is also in two builds, with the main section situated at the front. This section has four bays, with two doors and two windows on the ground floor, and three windows and a door positioned above an external staircase. These upper windows are modern, two-light casements. A ridge chimney is located at each end of the slate roof. The gable wall displays cross-framed casements above a bar window, topped with a bargeboarded gable. The rear wall is blank. A rear extension to this range, originally a separate building with an open passage between, was constructed around 1900 and features a gable facing the river, with a gambrel roof. The rear elevation has later replacement windows.

During a resurvey, only the ground floor was visible. The older section has been converted into a dining space, and while medieval features are not readily apparent, the bar retains the function of the old cider-house. The mill machinery remains in-situ in a corner, although the press has been removed. The heavy beamed structure of the ceiling suggests that the upper floor was likely used as a granary, a possibility reinforced by the presence of an external staircase.