The Beaminster Institute

The Beaminster Institute is a detached institute and public hall, built in 1902. It currently serves as a local hall with a private club above. The building features ashlar stone walls with a chamfered plinth and an ovolo string-course at the first floor level. The eaves-cornice is moulded wood, and the roof is hipped slate. There are projecting stacks on the end walls, which rise into stone stacks with moulded cornices. The structure is two storeys high and has five sash windows with glazing-bars, each with projecting stone architraves and stone cills. The front door is centrally located and features a round-headed doorway with roll-moulding and a large dropped keystone. The door itself is a two-leaf design with panels and a semi-circular fanlight with glazing-bars. A stone at the right-hand corner above the plinth reads: "This stone was laid by Peter Meech, a native of Beaminster, 17th June 1902."