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 between the town centre and the main 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 build, 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 cinema, restaurants, shops, a hotel and arts centre around the square and a new Health centre on the main road into the town centre. CZWG designed 24 new buildings for a full application which was granted in November 2007. Construction on the listed building conversions and infrastructure has commenced, with the first phase of the new build is due for completion in 2010. Client: Brewery Square Ltd., part of the Waterhouse Group