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 Duke of Wellington Pub, Restaurant & Inn - Southampton, MA Posted by:  neoc1
N 50° 53.926 W 001° 24.354
30U E 612097 N 5639777
The Duke of Wellington Pub, Restaurant and Inn is located in an historic building built in 1220 at 36 Bugle Street in Southampton, UK.
Waymark Code: WM182FE
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/17/2023
Views: 1
The sign outside the Duke of Wellington Pub, Restaurant and Inn features a portrait of the Duke of Wellington. A sign on the side of the building provides the history of the building. It is inscribed:
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON
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THE 12TH CENTURY STONE HOUSE ON THIS SITE
(THE FOUNDATIONS AND CELLARS OF WHICH STILL
REMAIN) WAS FROM 1220 OWNED BY BENEDICT ACE,
ONE OF THE EARLIEST NAMED MAYORS OF SOUTHAMPTON,
FROM 1237-1245.
THE HOUSE WAS DAMAGED IN THE FRENCH RAID
OF 1338, BUT C.1490 WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE
PRESENT BUILDING BY A BREWER, ROWLAND JOHNSON,
AND NAMED THE BERE HOUSE.
IT HAS REMAINED AN INN EVER SINCE, BUT
ITS NAME WAS CHANGED TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON
SOON AFTER THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
IT WAS DAMAGED BY ENEMY ACTION DURING
THE 1939-45 WAR AND WAS RESTORED DURING 1962-63.
ARCHITECT BERNARD H. DALE, J. P., F. R.I.B. A.,
F. R.S. A.,
SOUTHAMPTON
CONTRACTORS A.E. JUKES & SON LIMITED.
SOUTHAMPTON.
GENERAL FOREMAN E. C. HILL
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Date of first pub on site: 1490
Name of Artist: Not listed
Date of current sign: Not listed
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