Cock Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. Inn. 3 related planning applications.

Cock Inn

WRENN ID
idle-outpost-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1986
Type
Inn
Address
Cock Inn, Warrington Road, Great Budworth, CW9 6HB
OS grid reference
SJ 656 778
Coordinates
53.29634, -2.51645
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cock Inn is an inn that likely dates from the mid 17th century to the early 18th century, with alterations made by the Arley estate in the late 19th century and further internal changes in the mid to late 20th century. The building features pebbledashed and painted brick with grey slate roofs. Originally a farmhouse, it is designed as a double-depth structure, with a former barn or shippon now serving as a restaurant, which forms the left wing.

The inn has three storeys and three windows, with a long open porch that is probably from the early 20th century. There are plain bands at the first and second floors, and the second storey has three-light mullioned and transomed windows, while the third storey features cross-casements, all with leaded glass. A wall sundial is located at the right end, and there are flush gable chimneys on the front roof.

The former barn or shippon, made of painted brick, has an oak-framed roofed gallery leading to an external stair at the front, which was likely added in the late 19th century for the Arley estate, and it includes two gabled dormers. The right gable of the rear range has a four-light leaded casement under a plain label on the lower storey and a two-light leaded casement in the attic. Additionally, a lead down-pipe at the right end of the valley features an ornate head inscribed with "JH : A : 1713."

Inside, the lower storey of the rear range and both ranges of the middle storey have chamfered oak beams, while the former stable contains king-post trusses with oak tie-beams.

Local climate

Cock Inn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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