EDO4684 - Whetstones Almshouses, Church Street, Dorchester; field observation 1954

A field survey was conducted on the site of Whetstones Almshouses by J. Rigg of the Ordnance Survey Archaeological Division on the 20 August 1954. His field notes are recorded on the OS record card as follows. The building is shown on OS 1:500 1887 as abutting the road. It has been demolished apart from 8.0 metres of wall with decayed capping fronting Church Street and containing the remains of an obviously old mullioned doorway. To the east of these remains, the land is occupied by a small yard to the east of which is a modern brick building (1).