Digby Tap, Sherborne

A 16th/17th-century building, formerly a workhouse, this tucked-away pub has the atmosphere of a genuinely old and little-changed ale house. The front door leads into a part-panelled lobby with a flagstone floor that continues into the passage. At the end of this is a split door that suggests a former off-sales and acts as a serving hatch for the room on the right; the top part of this door is a rare multi-glazed section that can still be closed. As the passage continues to the right, it opens up to a flagstone-floored room with an old stone fireplace but which is likely to have come into pub use in later years. Left of the split door is the main bar, which was once two rooms. The front left area has a flagstone floor, old dado panelling with bare benches attached and a stone fireplace. The area in front of the servery was originally accessed from a door near the exterior door. On the counter is a set of 1959 Gaskell & Chambers Dalex hand pumps so the counter is at least that old. A doorway at the rear of the main bar leads to another small bar, converted from a cellar in 2014.