Brewery Square (Dorchester, Dorset) | neighbourhood

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The Eldridge Pope brewery ceased production in July 2003. West Dorset District Council granted detailed planning permission for the redevelopment of the brewery in November 2007. The new town quarter, to be known as Brewery Square, includes 30 buildings; new restaurants, bars, 40 shops, a three screen cinema and a replacement solar-powered railway station (the first in the country) at Dorchester South. A new four star, 48 bed, Conran designed hotel, will be created from the conversion of the listed Brewhouse, originally designed by Crickmay & Sons. Crickmay was the architect who employed Thomas Hardy until 1872, when he became a full time writer. The scheme also includes c. 650 new apartments and 22 houses. The architects are CZWG for most of the new buildings and Conran & Partners for all the conversion buildings and two new buildings. It is one of the largest regeneration projects in the South West, with over 72,000 sq.m. (770,000 sq ft.) of development on the 11.5 acre site situated between the main shopping area on South Street, the market and the Dorchester South Station.