300px, Anchor Terrace.
Anchor Terrace is a large symmetrical building on the east side of
Southwark Bridge Road in
London, situated very close to the
River Thames. It was built in 1834, and its original inhabitants were senior employees of the nearby
Anchor Brewery, Southwark, which was then owned by Barclay Perkins & Co. Ltd. The building was later used as the brewery's offices. It overlooks the site of the former brewery and is next to the headquarters of the ''
Financial Times''.
It originally comprised eight residences, and above the door to the centre of the building are written the words "Anchor Terrace". Among the original residents were the brewer John Hoy Waterman and Charles Spurrell (1783–1866), a member of the
Spurrell family of Thurgarton,
Norfolk, who, along with his brother, James Spurrell (1776–1840), was employed at the Anchor Brewery.
It was discovered that Anchor Terrace stands on the site of the original
Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, on land owned by Thomas Brend and inherited by his son, Nicholas Brend, and gra ...
after part of the foundations were found underneath the car park to its rear. However, as Anchor Terrace itself is a grade II
listed building,
there may never be a full excavation of the site.
The
BBC television drama series ''
This Life'' was partly filmed there.
The building was converted into luxury flats in the late 1990s.
References
Housing in London
Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Southwark
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