Former Cock and Bottle Public House

This is an early to mid-18th century public house, remodelled externally around 1860 and internally around 1900. It is constructed of coursed squared rubble sandstone, laid to diminishing courses, with ashlar dressings. It features ridge and mid-slope chimney stacks, and a Welsh-slated roof.

The building has a multi-room, L-shaped plan, with a corner entrance leading to the main bar and a separate entrance on Barkerend Road that opens onto an L-shaped corridor connecting to ancillary rooms.

The two-storey Barkerend Road elevation has a central entrance. To the left of the doorway are two bays, believed to be a rebuilding from around 1820, featuring two ground-floor sash windows without glazing bars; one has a flat stone hood with console brackets. To the right of the doorway is a wooden two-light shop window, dating from the early 1860s, also with a flat hood and console brackets. The first floor has four sash windows with glazing bars. The corner entrance is distinguished by a massive angled lintel and V-jointed ashlar jambs. The Otley Road elevation displays two large mullioned windows, one with two wide lights and one with three. The first floor also has two sash windows with glazing bars.

Inside, there is a small lobby at the corner entrance featuring doors and etched glass from around 1900; the left-hand door is inscribed 'Bottle & Jug Department' indicating the dispensing area. The corridor from the Barkerend Road entrance leads to two snug bars and a function room. A significant amount of the interior fittings and fixtures from around 1900 remain, including the bar counter, back bar, internal doors, screenwork, etched and coloured glass, and fixed seating.

The site was first licensed as an inn in 1747, and beer was reportedly brewed there from that time. The premises were rebuilt around 1820, and the name "Cock & Bottle" was first used in 1822. The building was remodelled and much rebuilt in the early 1860s, including a new brewhouse which has since been demolished. The public house is characteristic of its period, incorporating a rare dram shop window from around 1860 and retaining a largely unaltered interior from around 1900 with its compartmentalized plan and original fittings. It is an increasingly rare example nationally, and likely the most complete in Bradford.