Chalk & Cheese - Dorchester Road, Maiden Newton, Dorset, UK - Pictorial Pub Signs on Waymarking.com

The pub must get its name from the Dairy Industry which is famed around the South Wessex Downs area. The Maiden Newton website explains the village and heritage well, including: visit link

'The site of the former Milk processing plant in Station Road now supports a small industrial estate which has reached its capacity, indicating a need for further such accommodation within the village.'

Depicted on the sign is 'Today's Special Best Cheese' with a hand brandishing a cheese knife. The huge, Swiss cheese with its distinguishable holes even has the mandatory mouse hiding between its chunks. The whole cheese board rests on a 'green' blackboard and multi-coloured pieces of chalk lay in the crevice at its base.

There is an interesting news article about the pub and its owners in 2006: visit link

'Dorset couple buy their village local
Thursday 19 January 2006 15:55

Chalk and Cheese
Richard Watts and his partner Anne Clements, who have lived in the Dorset village of Maiden Newton for 50 years, have snapped up their local pub.

The Chalk and Cheese is a period property in the heart of the village that is an active sporting centre - along with its own darts, crib and skittle teams, it’s the home of the local Maiden Newton Runners athletics team and the Froom Valley Lions rugby club.

The ground floor comprises a main bar that will seat 30 diners and a catering kitchen while the first floor contains three bedrooms, a bathroom, a dining room and an office.

The property also has a trade patio with 30 seats and a rear courtyard garden with a built-in barbecue and seating for 24.

The new owners and their chef, Lou Thompson, plan to expand the catering offer and have produced new menus that specialise in locally-sourced “cheese and chutney” platters. These will be joined soon by a regular Sunday roast.

The owners also intend to convert two upstairs bedrooms in B&B accommodation.

Property agent Stonesmith of Exeter sold the leasehold for a sum close to the asking price of £70,000 on behalf of Shaun and Amanda Yates.'

Name of Artist: Not listed Date of current sign: Not listed Date of first pub on site: Not listed

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