Dukes Restaurant And Nightclub

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This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SD 8913 SE ROCHDALE DRAKE STREET (north-east side) 11/47 Dukes Restaurant and Nightclub

G.V. II

Hotel (Wellington), now restaurant and nightclub. 1810.

Brick, appearing to be of various dates, the front appearing to have been re-faced, stone dressings and slate roof. 5 bays, double-pile with 3-storeys and an additional wider bay to the right with a former bar entrance. Stone plinth, continuous ground and first floor cornices and a modillion eaves cornice; steeply pitched roof. Pedimented Ionic doorcase as well as the entrance in bay 6 which has 4 Ionic pilasters and entablature. Window openings with moulded architraves, the ground floor having pulvinated friezes the first and second having sill blocks. Ground and first floors have Victorian sashes otherwise glazing is C20. The original glazing pattern and some original brickwork is seen in the gable. Between 1825 and 1839 the Commissioners of Police held their meeting at the Hotel.

Listing NGR: SD8976013384

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/1091 IOE Records taken by Pamela Jackson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Ms Pamela Jackson. Source: Historic England Archive

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