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Duke's Head

42 The Vineyard
Richmond
TW10 6AZ

The Duke's Head is not a listed building, but is on CAMRA's National Inventory as a One Star pub with an interior of special national historic interest, and the description is as follows: "The dominant feature here is the magnificent Victorian mirrored bar-back, which is clearly original, with a terrific display of classical columns, superb detailing, gold lettering and a stunning top section with an elaborate cornice.

Built about 1868 with an extension added in 1924. The room on the left contains the servery with the Victorian bar-back, but the panelled counter is very much plainer with simple recessed panels and little console brackets. This area has been opened up, but there are still two distinct areas here; the one at the back has what looks like an inter-war brick fireplace, while the one at the front has an ornate Victorian fireplace with a plaster surround featuring cherubs and urns, which was resited here some years ago from upstairs. To the left of the servery is an entrance, which is effectively an extension of the bar-back and thus has the same eye-catching decor, leading to the saloon where the fittings are very different with what looks like an interwar counter with rounded corners and doors which used to be for servicing beer engines, and another inter-war fireplace. The walls throughout have narrow upright timbers to two-thirds height which are hard to date but look inter-war."

The WhatPub link is here: WhatPub/Dukes Head

The Pub Heritage Group link is here: PHG/Duke's Head

The Duke's Head has yet to feature on a LPG pub tour.