This grand house dates back to the first quarter of the 18th century. Belonging to the Dukes of Infantado and Pastrana and for 150 years, it was occupied by the corregidores or administrators of the ducal estates. The Lords of the town would also spend the night there when visiting the town.
It has a magnificent stone doorway lined by two large columns, a straight pediment, a balcony and a large frame to bear the family coat of arms.
This heraldic coat of arms belonging to the House of Infantado was taken down in about 1850, when its last owner, the Duke of Osuna, sold the property to Don Mariano Camacho, who was born in and lived in Estremera. The space was filled by a huge sheet-metal sculpture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was machine-gunned in the Civil War.
It has a classicist style, uncharacteristic of the period in which it was built, when Baroque art dominated. This is also the case with the precious ironwork on its windows. It is therefore possible that the stone in the facade and the iron grilles were initially destined for the first ducal residence in the town. That was the old house known as Casa-Encomienda of the Order of Santiago, reformed by the Princes of Eboli around 1565, which was located next to La Tercia and the ‘palace square’. The house was sacked and ruined in December 1710 during the Spanish War of Succession. The Dukes of Infantado then opted to build a smaller, more comfortable residence in a street that, oddly enough, changed its name from ‘de la carnecería’ (Butcher Street) to ‘de la Iglesia’ (Church Street).
