Brewery Square

Dorchester, Dorset

Located in the historic Roman town of Dorchester, Brewery Square is an extensive mixed use redevelopment of the former 4.6 hectare Eldridge Pope Brewery, situated in the heart of the county town centre between the main shopping street, the market and Dorchester South railway station. This great new urban quarter has at its centre ‘Brewery Square’ formed by two of the fine listed Brewery buildings and the new buildings, creating a link between the town centre to the north and the proposed solar powered train station to the south. The square is one of several character areas that form the masterplan, informing the particular architecture, scale and use of the buildings within them. These are linked together by transition buildings, creating a rich diversity in a very high quality hard and soft landscaped urban setting. The 71,000 m² development comprises over 660 apartments and houses of mixed tenure, the majority of which are arranged around communal gardens, with a 3 screen Odeon cinema, six restaurants, 40 shops, a Premier Inn and four star hotel and arts centre around the square and a new NHS Health Centre on the main road. CZWG designed the masterplan and 24 new buildings for a full application granted in November 2007. Construction of the first two buildings comprising Phase 1 was completed in 2009. Phase 2 Construction of seven further buildings and the main square is underway for completion in the autumn of 2012. Client: The Brewery Square Development Company Ltd; a partnership of Waterhouse Group and Resolution Property PLC. www.brewerysquare.com