The New Inn

The New Inn is a detached coaching inn located on Long Street in Cerne Abbas. It dates from the late 17th century, with some late 18th century and 20th century alterations. The building features a rubble-stone plinth, banded knapped flint, and walls made of ham stone and chalk blocks. The upper storey has late 18th century brickwork in Flemish bond. The roof is covered with stone slates, has gable ends, and stone gable copings, with brick stacks at the gable ends that were renewed in the late 19th century.

The inn is two storeys high and has seven regularly spaced windows. On the ground floor, there are sash windows with 16 panes in 17th century openings, alongside two 2-light hollow-chamfered stone mullions that have 20th century metal casements with glazing bars inserted in the original openings, which harmonise well with the building. The carriage entrance features stone jambs and a depressed arch with gauged brickwork and a dropped stone key, painted white, and was altered in the 19th century. There are also two 16-pane sash windows on the ground floor, all of which have separate labels above them.

On the first floor, the windows are 2-light hollow-chamfered stone mullions with iron casements and leaded lights, and there are no labels above these original openings. There is a door into the bar located inside the carriage entrance on the left. The interior includes moulded ceiling beams and a stone fireplace in the east end wall.