The Duke of Wellington Public House

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON PUBLIC HOUSE, BUGLE STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1092062
Date first listed:
14-Feb-1969
List Entry Name:
The Duke of Wellington Public House
Statutory Address:
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON PUBLIC HOUSE, BUGLE STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1092062
Date first listed:
14-Feb-1969
List Entry Name:
The Duke of Wellington Public House
Statutory Address 1:
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON PUBLIC HOUSE, BUGLE STREET

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON PUBLIC HOUSE, BUGLE STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
City of Southampton (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SU 41883 11200

Details

1. BUGLE STREET 5239 (east side)

The Duke of Wellington Public House SU 4111 3/57 14.2.69

II

2. C13 and C15, restored in 1962-3. The foundations and cellars are C13 and are the remains of a house built circa 1220 by Benedict Ace, one of the earliest known Mayors of Southampton who was Mayor between 1237 and 1245. The French raid of 1338 seriously damaged the house. In about 1494 the remains were incorporated into the present building by the brewer Rowland Johnson and named the Bere House. The name was changed after the Battle of Waterloo when it became a public house. Two storeys exposed square framed timber-framing with plaster infill on stone base the top storeys oversail. Old tiled roof. Two C18 windows on first floor facing street. Modern bar front to ground floor.

Listing NGR: SU4189011197

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
135749
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2026. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.

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