Building record 2203/0/13 - The Old Dukes Head

This site includes a former inn situated on the junction of Church Street and Duke Street. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with brick ridge and gable chimney stacks. A double pitched thatched roof has a gable on the southern end and a hipped roof to the north and two eyebrow dormer windows on the eastern facade. The former inn was built in 1595 and was converted to a house during the 20th century.

{1} Public house now house. Dated 1595. Regular coursed limestone with thatch roof. Originally probably 3-unit plan. Single storey with attic. 4-window range. Canted bay window with stone base to far left. Horizontal sliding sash, with glazing bars, to left and C19 and C20 casements to right, all under wood lintels. 2 C19 casements under eyebrow dormers. Central C20 door under wood lintel. Remains of chamfered plinth. Gabled roof to left and hipped roof to right. Brick stacks at ridge. Interior: roo to right of entrance has ceiling beams with roundel decoration and elaborate ogee and bar stops with fleur-de-lis. 2 open fireplaces, one has vine decoration and date 1.S/.1595 on bressumer. Timber-framed partition between centre and south rooms. Roof structure has clasped purlins. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p135)

{4} Undated photo.

{1, 6} This site includes a former inn situated on the junction of Church Street and Duke Street. The house was constructed of coursed limestone rubble with brick ridge and end stacks. A double pitched thatched roof has a gable on the southern end and a hipped roof to the north and two eyebrow dormer windows on the eastern facade. The former inn was built in 1595 and was converted to a house during the 20th century.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 19/108 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G10 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> 1975-85, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Series). SNN100542.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Polebrook (Photographs). SNN113566.

<5> Historic England, OLD DUKE'S HEAD COTTAGE, POLEBROOK, BF084413 (Archive). SNN114986.

<6> Historic England, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments- Building File (Oral Report). SNN71057.

Record last edited

Apr 5 2023 2:09PM