Anchor Terrace

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Anchor Terrace is an early-19th-century building on the east side of Southwark Bridge Road in London, situated very close to the River Thames. Built in the mid-1830s, its original inhabitants were senior employees of the nearby Anchor Brewery, Southwark, which was then owned by Barclay and Perkins & Co. Ltd. The building was later used as the brewery's offices. It over looks 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". One of the original residents was 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, Southwark.

Anchor Terrace stands above the original Globe Theatre, which cannot be excavated, as Anchor Terrace itself is a listed building and therefore cannot be touched.

The building was converted into flats in the early 1990s, and the BBC television drama series This Life was partly filmed there.