Duke of Wellington

Built in 1562 as ‘The Greyhound’, this inn changed name twice before being rebuilt by Lord Lovelace in 1864. 

This Grade II listed public house sits in a prominent position on the A246 beside the main Ockham Road South entrance into East Horsley village. The garden grotto and adjacent service building are also both Grade II listed structures. 

The original inn here dates from 1562 and was called ‘The Greyhound’, then re-named ‘The Crown’ after the restoration of Charles II in 1669, and changed again to its present name after the Battle of Waterloo. 

When the new Turnpike Road was opened in 1758 the building was repositioned to face the new Guildford Road. In 1864 Lord Lovelace rebuilt it as a coaching inn and adopted his usual style of decorative brick and flint, with metal windows and friezes of terracotta tiles illustrating the badges of Surrey regiments.