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, situated very close to the

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. It was built in 1834, and its original inhabitants were senior employees of the nearby

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, 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 ''

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''. 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

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, 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 after part of the foundations were found underneath the car park to its rear. However, as Anchor Terrace itself is a grade II

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, there may never be a full excavation of the site. The

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'' was partly filmed there. The building was converted into luxury flats in the late 1990s.

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