The Old Dukes Head

The Old Dukes Head is a public house, now a house, dating to 1595. It is constructed of regular coursed limestone with a thatched roof. Originally, the building likely comprised three units. It is a single-storey structure with an attic, featuring a four-window front. A canted bay window with a stone base is situated on the far left. The windows are a mix of horizontal sliding sash windows with glazing bars, 19th-century casements, and 20th-century casements, all beneath wooden lintels. Two 19th-century casements are set within eyebrow dormers. A central 20th-century door is also topped by a wooden lintel. A chamfered plinth remains visible. The roof is gabled to the left and hipped to the right, with brick stacks at the ridge. The interior of the room to the right of the entrance retains ceiling beams with roundel decoration and elaborate ogee and bar stops with fleur-de-lis detailing. Two open fireplaces are present; one has vine decoration and a bressumer inscribed with the date 1.S./1595. A timber-framed partition separates the central and south rooms. The roof structure includes clasped purlins.