| Catalogue Finding Number | WYHER/12985 |
| Office record is held at | Historical Environment Record, West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service |
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| Title | Crown and Anchor Public House (demolished), Kirkgate, Wakefield |
| Description | Crown and Anchor Public House on Kirkgate, Wakefield. Now demolished. Originally a timber framed building.
WYAAS archives holds an illustration of Six Chimneys (see RPN 12980) and the adjacent inn which features a sign depicting an anchor. The drawing is of unknown source and date and depicts the buildings as they were probably in the 18th or early 19th century (Anon. Undated). WYAAS archives also holds copies various images which are held in the Wakefield Museum Collection. They primarily depict Six Chimneys but all include images of the adjacent public house. These were obtained from the Wakefield Museum on line resource (http://www.wakefieldmuseumcollections.org.uk/photographs/. Web site accessed 21/11/2013). The images comprise:
Wakefield Museum Collection accession number: 1961.23/2/11. Photograph. 'Kirkgate looking from the Six Chimneys towards Warrengate'. 1890 1910
Wakefield Museum Collection accession number: 1984.128/1. Photograph. 'A postcard of Kirkgate with the Six Chimneys on the right'. 1900 1920
Wakefield Museum Collection accession number: 1993.1691. Photograph. 'The Six Chimneys in Kirkgate during the 1930s. Part of the building is being used as a cycle shop'. 1920 1939
The building with the anchor sign featured in the 18th/19th century illustration has a cross wing plan which fronted the eastern side Kirkgate. The main house body is situated to the north and is one and a half storey with a roof which was possibly thatched. The front wall of the house body is rendered. The openings on the ground floor (from north to south) are; a shuttered four light window, a square headed door, and a small single light window. Above this window below the eaves is a two light window. There also is a dormer window to the northern end of the roof.
The cross wing is two storey with the gable fronting Kirkgate. The gable wall is jettied above the ground floor. A wall post and two heavy raking braces are visible on the north side of this elevation. The jetty bressumer rests on three heavy curved brackets; one at either end and one above the right hand door post. The entrance is situated on the ground floor at the northern end of the elevation. To the south of the door is a four light mullioned window. An eight paned window is centrally placed on the upper floor. The roof appears flagged. The stone chimney stack is positioned on the ridge of the cross wing at the join with the roof of the main house body.
Through a comparison between the available historic images and historic mapping, the building was confidently placed at the location presented in this digital HER record. In addition to the arrangement of physical features, the anchor on the illustration above matches the Crown and Anchor Inn named c.1850 (OS 1/1056 town plan. C.1850).
By the late 19th century the building was either rebuilt or refronted. The images from the time depicted a two storey brick building of three bays and a symmetrical facade with a central front door (Wakefield Museum Collection accession number: 1961.23/2/11).
The Crown and Anchor Public House has now been replaced by the roundabout subway to the south of Kirkgate (OS Mastermap 2011).
(Lunn, K.R. (WYAAS). 2013. Description of the former Crown and Anchor public house derived from historic images and historic mapping. Description found in digital record only and not on file at WYAAS). |
| Date | 21st century |
| Extent | contact the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service for information on what is available |
| Level | Item |