The Fighting Cocks Public House

The Fighting Cocks Public House is a large establishment built in 1903 by T W F Newton and Cheatle, located at the corner of St Mary's Row and King Edward Road in Moseley, Birmingham. The building features two and three storeys, with an ashlar facade facing King Edward Road, while the ground floor is also ashlar and the upper floors are red brick, accented with stone dressings along St Mary's Row.

A prominent feature is the lofty octagonal ashlar corner tower, which includes a bell stage with louvres alternating with clock faces at the top, topped by an ogee swept lead cupola-dome. The windows exhibit simplified Jacobean mullion and transom designs with Arts and Crafts details, and there are shaped Dutch gables facing St Mary's Row. The bar windows are fitted with leaded light casements, some of which contain stained glass.

The doorways are adorned with deep semi-circular hoods supported by consoles, with the corner tower's doorway flanked by pilasters and featuring a painted relief coat of arms above, accompanied by the pub's name in gilded Arts and Crafts lettering. The clock faces on the tower are embellished with scrolled surrounds of strapwork design and small swept gables that break the capping cornice.

Although the interior has been altered, it still retains a fine-quality Arts and Crafts bar back and a double-faced clock supported by a wrought iron fighting cock.