EDO4773 - Former 'Compasses' Public House, Millers Close, Dorchester; building survey 1980

The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments conducted an architectural survey of the former Compasses Public House, Millers Close, Dorchester on 13 February 1980 (1). An 18th century farmhouse with a probable later attached cottage. The two-storey farmhouse is of brick with a hipped thatched roof. It was extended to the west around the same time the cottage was built. The extension is also of brick with a coursed rubble and rendered return wall and a slate roof. The cottage is also of brick with a slate roof. The farmhouse has also been used as a public house.