Have you got any more photos and / or any externals of the columns and statues? Also can you add the month and year of your visit to the title please.
Could not find any info on this pub.
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A fine example of Art Deco with all the Lacons signage and statuary intact, the iron Duke was granted Grade II listing in November 2017.
A Historic England spokesperson said the pub was a well-preserved building and in a notable Art Deco style of considerable architectural quality. She added: “The Iron Duke’s Art Deco style, with its distinctive massing, curved frontages and flat roofs, is visually striking and architectural elements such as the fluted columns are unusual and quirky.
“The building, which was built in the late 1930s and completed in 1948, is an increasingly rare example of a well-preserved inter-war pub.
“Inside the Iron Duke, historic internal fixtures and fittings can still be seen, illustrating the original design, and the layout survives in its original configuration with a vestibule leading into a large open plan lounge bar and saloon bar.”
The pub was the work of the architect Arthur W Ecclestone who designed a number of pubs both before and after the Second World War, including The Clipper Schooner in Great Yarmouth and the Links Hotel in Gorleston.
A major research project on inter-war pubs carried out by Historic England between 2013 and 2015, showed that although over 5,000 were built, the number of well-preserved inter-war pubs is now only in the region of 150-200. The pub has been boarded up and closed for over a decade.
Despite being incomplete, The Iron Duke opened in 1940 to serve the soldiers manning anti-aircraft guns on North Denes.
It was finished in 1948, with its counters said to be made from teak from Admiral Jellicoe’s flagship, HMS Iron Duke, that led the British fleet in the Battle of Jutland.
