Summary
Early to mid-C19 former tavern and brewery, converted into residential properties in 2001.
History
The fishing village of the ‘Le Ryde’ is recorded in the C14. By the late C18 there were two separate settlements located at different ends of the route of the main street much of which was the route of the High Street, the farming community of Upper Ryde to the south, and the fishing and port community of Lower Ryde to the north by the coast.
During the early years of the C19, Ryde began to grow, culminating in the merger of Upper and Lower Ryde. From 1825 regular steam ferries began to operate between Ryde and Portsmouth. In 1829 The Ryde Improvement Act recognised Ryde as a town. A significant increase in the town’s population occurred during the first half of the C19, rising from around 1,000 in 1800 to 10,000 in the 1860s. Ryde developed as a seaside resort, encouraged by Queen Victoria’s presence on the island and the resulting boom in tourism. Its popularity continued into the C20, with the town acting as one of the main points of entry to the Isle of Wight.
The building forming 9 and 10 Anglesea Street was part of this initial phase of C19 development in Ryde and it appears on the Newchurch Tithe Map of 1840. The first Ordnance Survey 25" map shows two buildings on the site in the 1860s. To the north is a rectangular building separated from Anglesea Street by a small front garden, labelled as ‘Anglesea Tavern’. Behind this and occupying the southern half of the plot is a second, large, L-shaped building labelled ‘Brewery’. In 'Ryde Pubs: An Illustrated History', it is stated that Anglesea Tavern was licensed from around 1845 to William Tarver, a stone masonfrom South Street in Ryde and that the beer was brewed from a little brewery to the rear ofthe premises in 'upper' or 'little' Cross Street, (Mitchell, K, p56).
The 25” Ordnance Survey (OS) maps from the 1890s and 1900s appear to show the tavern split into two properties with the western half of the tavern a distinct property from the brewery building to the rear (south). The eastern half of the tavern (9 Anglesea Street) appears to have been converted to residential use, as an 1893 newspaper article advertises the sale of three cottages at 7, 8 and 9 Anglesea Street ('Ryde, Isle of Wight', Isle of Wight Observer, 8 July 1893, p8). Another article, four years later in 1897, states that 9 Anglesea Street was severely damaged by fire ('Disastrous Fire at Ryde', Isle of Wight Observer, 18 March 1897, p5).
The site appears to have been altered multiple times over the course of the C20. The 25” OS map from the late 1940s shows the plot completely developed, with 9 Anglesea Street now also labelled as a public house, demonstrating the expansion of the drinking space by this stage. This map also shows 9 Anglesea Street set-back from the line of 8 and 10 Anglesea Street, which had not been clear previously. A 25” OS map from 1971 shows a single building, labelled as a public house, occupying the entirety of the plot apart from the south-east corner.
Planning permission and listed building consent was granted in 2001 to convert the public house and ancillary accommodation into three terraced houses and two flats (now 1–5 Anglesea Terrace) which remains the site’s use (2024).
Details
Early to mid-C19 former tavern and brewery (formerly listed as Anglesea Tavern), converted into three terraced houses and two flats in 2001.
MATERIALS: rendered brick elevation with a hipped slate roof. The small front garden to Anglesea Street is bounded by a low brick retaining wall with a decorative metal railing.
PLAN: the front elevation of 10 Anglesea Street is set forward from the line of 9 Anglesea Street. However, 9 Anglesea Street does have a partial, single-storey front extension, one bay wide, that projects from the northernmost half of the front elevation to meet the building line of 10 Anglesea Street. Some of the subdivided properties to the rear are accessed via a passage located on the western side of the building. The south-eastern corner of the site is open.
EXTERIOR: the façade to Anglesea Street is rendered with a deep, projecting plat band between the ground and first floors. 9 Anglesea Street has three six-over-six, recessed, sash windows at first-floor level breaking the plat band with a further sash at ground floor level with intact glazing bars and plain sills. Number 10 Anglesea Street has a tripartite window on the first floor with a sash window with margin glazing, flanked by two smaller, narrow windows and a three-over-three sash to the ground floor. The single-storey front extension to 9 Anglesea Street has a modern recessed door and eight-over-eight sash.
