Duke'S Hotel

Duke's Hotel is a former pair of houses that were converted into a hotel, built between 1818 and 1826. The building is constructed of brick with a stucco front and features a hipped slate roof with brick stacks inside. It has a double-depth plan and showcases Regency style, influenced by Leamington Spa. The hotel stands three stories tall and has a six-window range, with the ends of the building breaking back.

The wide eaves are supported by paired brackets. The entrances at each end are set back behind porches that feature fluted Doric columns, architraves, and overlights with decorative glazing bars above six-fielded-panel doors. The windows have sills, with round-headed sashes and glazing bars on the ground floor, 12-pane sashes on the first floor, and 6-pane sashes on the second floor. The returns of the building have top modillioned brick cornices, and the right return entrance includes a doorcase with pilasters, a frieze, and a canopy above a flush-panel door. The rear of the building has been altered.

Duke's Hotel is part of the early 19th-century development of northern Stratford, known as New Town. Payton Street is named after John Payton, the landlord of the White Lion Inn, who sold the land in 1817.