Description:The thatched Crown and Anchor public house in Granville Square, on the corner of Newcastle Street and Station Road. The inn was built in 1675, but was damaged by fire in 1937. This postcard shows workmen renovating the building just prior to fire.
Fire broke out in the early hours of 7 February 1937. The fire started in the roof which had recently been rethatched. Because of the renovations the licensee, Mr L.V. Glover was not in the building when the fire broke out. Remarkably, the work to repair the extensive fire damage was completed in time to celebrate George VI's Coronation celebrations just a couple of months later, in May that year.