The Old Cock and Pye Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. Inn.
The Old Cock and Pye Inn
- WRENN ID
- small-corridor-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1950
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Old Cock and Pye Inn, 55 and 56, North Hill
- OS grid reference
- TL 993 253
- Coordinates
- 51.89071, 0.89616
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cock and Pye Inn is a building with origins in the 16th and 17th centuries, featuring wings at the rear that were refronted in the 18th century. The original plan is half H-shaped, comprising two storeys, attics, and cellars, with tiled roofs. The 18th-century front block is constructed of red brick and includes a parapet, a stucco band between the storeys, and a seven-window range of double hung sashes with glazing bars. Number 56 has a three-window range and a stuccoed front, with a modern ground floor shop window and another modern shop window that fills the old cart entrance. Number 55 features a flight of steps leading to the front door, which has one handrail. The north-west wing has been restored, exposing the timber-framing and some original window openings, with the upper storey projecting on the north side. Numbers 55 to 60 form a group.
Local climate
The Old Cock and Pye Inn sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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