Monument record MDO2421 - Dorsetshire Brewery, Long Street, Sherborne

Dorsetshire Brewery is marked on the 1886 OS 1st edition 1:500 map as well as the revised 1901 and 1927 1:2500 OS maps. Established in 1796 as the Dorsetshire Brewery Co (Sherborne) Ltd. Older part abutting on to road is of stone. Later brick additions behind. East side is 4-storeys, 8 windows and has 8-bay arcade with segmental heads to openings on ground floor; above, windows of fixed lights (8 across and 5 deep) in segmental heads; bay at south end with a doorway on each floor. Front to road has irregular fenestration and parapet coping raised to form 2 segment shapes of unequal size. Other associated buildings to the rear have been demolished.

Recorded by NRIM. Photographed. <1>

AC Archaeology conducted an archaeological desk based assessment in 1997 of land adjacent to BreconHouse in advance of the proposed construction of seven new houses. A study of historical maps revealed that Dorsetshire Brewery is marked on the 1886 OS 1st edition 1:500 map as well as the revised 1901 and 1927 1:2500 OS maps. <2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, National Record of Industrial Monuments (NRIM), DO44 (Index). SDO17399.

Recorded by RG Farleigh, 19-Oct-1968

<2> Cottrell, T, 1997, A preliminary archaeological assessment of the proposed development of land adjacent to Brecon House, Sherborne, Dorset (Unpublished document). SDO10369.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1514407 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 23 2024 1:10PM