The Cock Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Luton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1979. Public house. 6 related planning applications.

The Cock Public House

WRENN ID
waiting-wattle-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Luton
Constituency
Luton South and South Bedfordshire MP: Rachel Hopkins (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 January 1979
Type
Public house
Address
The Cock Public House, 38, Park Street, LU1 3ET
OS grid reference
TL 094 210
Coordinates
51.87745, -0.41195
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cock Public House is a two-storey timber-framed building with origins dating back to the 17th century or possibly earlier. The front was rebuilt in red brick in the early 19th century and features an extension of one bay that includes a waggon-way to the left. It has a gable end slate roof over the front range. The first floor has 19th-century sash windows, while the ground floor has a pub window and doorway, both with a moulded cornice on consoles. The timber-framed structure extends back from the two bays of the front in an L shape. A significant portion of the studding, including the bressumer, is exposed to the waggon-way. Additionally, there is a secondary two-storey timber-framed wing with straight bracing and lighter studding that extends to the rear, likely built in the late 17th century.

Local climate

The Cock Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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