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Duchess W1 Mar 2023. (Pub, External, Key). Published on 19-03-2023

Duchess, London

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Operator: Stonegate (formerly Ei Group)
39 Duke Street, Marylebone, London, W1U 1LP (View on Google Map)
(020) 3856 3006
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High ceilinged, well furnished, wood-panelled lounge bar with sash windows, all in an elegant Art Deco style. The first floor restaurant can be hired for functions.

Following a refurbishment in 2022, the pub's name was changed to The Duchess, this time in honour, so the pub's website declares, of "the BBC drama The Duchess of Duke Street, loosely based of the life of Rosa Lewis, the eponymous "Duchess" who works her way up from servant to renowned cook to proprietor of the upper-class Bentinck Hotel."

The pub is located opposite the Duke Street entrance of Selfridge's and hence not far from the other shops of Oxford Street. There is usually a choice of three real ales. The interesting menus range from gastro dishes to toasted sandwiches.

Historic Interest

Originally licensed in 1765. At 11pm on the night of 6 December 1944 the then Red Lion was destroyed by a V2 missile, killing at least 18 people and injuring around 40. It was rebuilt in 1958, when it was renamed after Henry Holland, the late Georgian architect to the then owners, Whitbread. As well as many Whitbread pubs, Holland’s buildings included the Brighton Pavilion.

Information for this venue is provided by the West London Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Henry Holland; Red Lion
Local Authority
Westminster
Last updated
03/06/2023
Last surveyed
07/09/2014
Leasehold owner
other
Freehold owner
39 Dukeson Properties Ltd
Pub ID
WLD/16553
Asset of Community Value

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

Listed status: Not listed

An unusually intact example of post-war pub-fitting. Rebuilt by Whitbread in 1958, this three-storey (plus attic) pub is named after a famous late Georgian architect (1745-1806). The neo-Georgian style, freely-treated classical doorway, sash windows and boot-scrapers all give a nod to the buildings of Holland’s time. There is one bar on the ground floor which is distinguished by virtually all-over bare wood panelling, giving it an elegant feel. Note the attractive interlinked marquetry band on the counter front and the sub-Adamesque plaster decoration on the ceiling. Panelling and plaster decoration reappear in the upstairs restaurant where the servery is a modern insertion. Unfortunately, so too is the bar back downstairs (the finish of the wood and the ornamental detail is rather different from the rest of the woodwork). The door to the stairs and the doors into the restaurant have glazing set in copper strips and the upstairs gents’ is lined with rather remarkable red and light grey veneer panels set in chrome strips (the ladies’ has been modernised).

General information about historic pub interiors

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 - 10:00pm
Monday
11:00am - 10:00pm
Tuesday
11:00am - 10:00pm
Wednesday
11:00am - 10:00pm
Thursday
11:00am - 10:00pm
Friday
11:00am - 10:00pm
Saturday
11:00am - 10:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 8:00pm

Current beers

This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 1 regular beer.

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Facilities
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Evening Meals Evening Meals
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Smoking Smoking
Wi Fi Wi Fi
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Cask Marque: Beer and Cellar Hygiene rating 5 out of 5
Transport
Close to bus routes (100m)
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Closest station (1200m)
London Marylebone
Close to London Underground/Overground/DLR (220m)
Bond Street

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