Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3280 SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD 636-1/2/698 (East side) 27/09/72 Nos.1-15 (Odd) Anchor Terrace and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD (East side) Nos.1-15 (Odd) Anchor Terrace (Main Office of Courage and Barclay))

II

8 terraced houses built as unified composition, later converted to one office complex. 1834. Yellow stock brick, partially stuccoed. Cast-iron railings and balconies, sections of balustrading in stone. EXTERIOR: slightly advanced centre and end sections of 3 storeys, attic and basement; intermediate sections 3 storeys and basement. Bay pattern: 2;4;5;5;2. End sections have heavy stucco cornice at 3rd-floor level with attic storey (bearing another cornice and panelled parapet) above. Central section (No.7) has similar attic treatment. Intermediate sections have cornice and panelled parapet at 3rd-floor level. Stuccoed ground floor and basement. Ground-floor openings are round-headed with moulded cornice at spring and moulded architraves. Continuous, break-front cornice heads to doors with patterned fanlights. Some doors have been replaced by windows but cornice head treatment remains. Central prostyle porch supporting balustraded balcony on brackets with dentil cornice. Round entrance arch resting on paired, square columns with foliated capitals. Similar balconies to outer sections and cast-iron balconies to inner sections at 1st-floor level. Gauged flat brick arches to sash windows with glazing bars on 1st and 2nd floors. Moulded string at 2nd-floor sills in main features, plain band in inner sections. Facade treatment continued on return for 3 bays. INTERIOR: only one curved staircase remains of the original internal fittings. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: spearhead cast-iron railings to steps and areas. The ground floor exterior was re-rendered in 1958 as an exact reproduction of the original work. The remains of the old Globe Theatre have recently been located beneath part of this building.





Listing NGR: TQ3231080368

External Links

• Anchor Terrace at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4752699

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990