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Duke of Buckingham, Kingston

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104, Villiers Road, Kingston, KT1 3BB (View on Google Map)

(020) 8546 6391

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Historic Interior

Duke of Buckingham - Kingston. (Pub, External, Key). Published on 12-01-2013

Large corner pub with Hodgsons' plaque above door. Retains two separate rooms, with a public bar on the left, and a saloon on the right, which used to be subdivided. Note the unusual curved doors on the way in (originally the pub had a revolving door entrance). The pub has a regionally important historic interior. The most notable feature being the octagonal, leaded skylight over the servery. Other original features include cornice, panelled dado, bar counter and some of the bar-back, fireplace. There is a rear garden as well as tables at the front. 15 letting rooms available.

Information for this venue is provided by the Kingston & Leatherhead Branch of CAMRA

Previous Names
Local Authority: Kingston upon Thames London Boro
Last updated: 29/09/2023
Last surveyed: 02/09/2023
Leasehold owner: unknown
Freehold owner: Stonegate
Pub ID: KIN/6951
Asset of Community Value

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

Listed status: Not listed

Red-brick pub built in the 1930s by Hodgsons’ Kingston Brewery. As you enter you can’t miss the attractive and most unusual curved doors – left to the public bar and, right, to a large room, which is now an amalgamation of two original ones. Perhaps the most notable feature is the octagonal, leaded skylight over the servery. There is also some original work in the fireplace, panelling, counters, parts of the stillion in the centre of the servery and curved cornices to the ceilings.

General information about historic pub interiors

A suburban, red-brick pub built in the 1930s by Hodgsons’ Kingston Brewery – named on a cast-iron plaque low down outside about rights of way (Hodgsons ceased brewing in 1949 but continued bottling until 1965). Over the entrance is a shield with the three salmon from the borough arms and a rebus with K and a tun (see picture, left). These features and the general architectural style reappear at the Hodgsons’ contemporary, but larger, Manor pub in Malden Manor (now sadly closed and converted to a Co-Op convenience store).

As you enter you can’t miss the attractive and most unusual curved doors – left to the public bar and, right, to a large room, which is now an amalgamation of two original ones. The outside door to the rear portion has now been blocked off. Perhaps the most notable feature is the octagonal, leaded skylight over the servery. There is also some original work in the fireplace, panelling, counters, parts of the stillion in the centre of the servery and curved cornices to the ceilings. The area beyond the arch in the rear room was once a kitchen.

General information about historic pub interiors

Monday

11:00am - 11:00pm

Tuesday

11:00am - 11:00pm

Wednesday

11:00am - 11:00pm

Thursday

11:00am - 11:00pm

Friday

11:00am - Midnight

Saturday

11:00am - Midnight

Sunday

Noon - 10:30pm

Monday

Noon - 7:30pm

Tuesday

Noon - 7:30pm

Wednesday

Noon - 7:30pm

Thursday

Noon - 7:30pm

Friday

Noon - 7:30pm

Saturday

Noon - 7:30pm

Sunday

Noon - 7:30pm

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