The Duke's Head Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1974. Public house. 2 related planning applications.

The Duke's Head Public House

WRENN ID
idle-rood-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wokingham
Constituency
Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 May 1974
Type
Public house
Address
The Duke's Head Public House, Denmark Street, RG40 2BQ
OS grid reference
SU 810 683
Coordinates
51.40798, -0.83608
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Duke's Head Public House is an 18th-century building, with a 19th-century crosswing, that has been altered in the late 20th century. It features painted brickwork and a tiled gabled roof. The structure has a rectangular open plan, with the crosswing located on the east side, gabled towards the road, and a late 20th-century porch entrance set back on the left return wall. The building is two storeys high and includes a cellar, with two chimneys featuring offset heads on the ridge of the 18th-century section.

The road-facing side has a black painted plinth and a plat band at the first floor level of the right-hand section. The left-hand gable displays a carved bargeboard. Sash windows with glazing bars are present, along with two disused entrance doors and a 19th-century window with four large panes between them. The bottom two panes have stained, leaded glass with decorative lettering that reads "Wines and Spirits" on the left pane and "Henley Ales" on the right. Below this, there is a moulded two-panel stall riser. Additionally, on the right-hand lower ground floor, there is a square-headed beer cask entry.

Local climate

The Duke's Head Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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