Square and Compass Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1979. Public house.
Square and Compass Public House
- WRENN ID
- ghost-landing-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1979
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Square and Compass Public House, Station Road, Darley Dale
- OS grid reference
- SK 270 621
- Coordinates
- 53.15582, -1.59685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Square and Compass Public House, dated 1735 as indicated on the door lintel, is a two-storey building made up of four adjoining sections, each with different roof heights, creating one long structure. It is located on the corner facing Darley Bridge. The building features coursed stone with quoins at the east end and a Welsh slate roof, with end chimneys on each section. There are eight windows, a mix of sashes and casements, some of which still have glazing bars. A loft door is located at the center of the first floor.
The western section has a door with a large stone surround and the aforementioned date. The two central sections each have a segmental arched entrance: the western one now contains a window, while the eastern one has double doors opposite and a stone-flagged floor in between. Further east, there is another house door with a large stone surround. The eaves line of the two eastern sections appears to have been raised. A parish boundary post is attached to the front of the inn, and built-in stone seats are present in front of the eastern cottage.
The building is historically significant as it is associated with the growth of the lead mining industry, and its name comes from the survey of one of the soughs that drained the mines.
Local climate
Square and Compass Public House receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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