Building record MDO3938 - The Drum and Monkey Inn, Drum Lane, Hazelbury Bryan

A public house built in the 18th century, also known as The Drum Inn, now a dwelling. The building has walls of rubble and brick, and a slate roof.

The C18th Drum Inn, has rubble end walls and a 3-bay brick S.E front patterned with blue headers. <1>

The inn was called 'The Drum and Monkey' and is now a private dwelling. <2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 108 (Monograph). SDO146.

‘Unless otherwise described, the following monuments are of the 18th century and are two-storied, or single-storied with dormer-windowed attics; they have rubble walls, brick chimneys, thatched roofs and casement windows. … (15) The Drum Inn (74380815), 100 yds. E. of the foregoing, has rubble end walls and a three-bay brick S.E. front patterned with blue headers; the roof is slated.’

<2> Eyres, G J, and Hobson, C, 2020, Dorset HER Hazelbury Bryan. Comments and Corrections. (Unpublished document). SDO16488.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 888217 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 4:24PM