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Situated on Church Street the  Duke Of Wellington closed in 1957 and was converted to a private dwelling in 1959. This was a 19th century pub which was built on the site of an earlier 18th century pub, The Chequer. This in turn had been built on the site of a pub called The Rose which burnt down around 1699.  This was a grade-II listed pub.

Listed building details:

Public house, now a cottage. Late C17 with C19 additions, and C20 alterations. Timber-framed and plastered, brick; plastered brick plinth. Tall ridge stack to left hand and end stack to right hand range. Plain tiled roofs; roof to right hand originally slated. Two storeys and one storey and attic with roof extended as outshut to north over cellar. Three ground floor windows include one C18 bow window and one fifteen-paned hung sash window. Interior altered, with exposed C17 floor frames and open hearth, introduced C18 and carved Burma teak details.

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