The Cock Public House is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1974. Public house. 3 related planning applications.

The Cock Public House

WRENN ID
seventh-copper-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 August 1974
Type
Public house
Address
The Cock Public House, 43, High Street, SG7 6BG
OS grid reference
TL 246 336
Coordinates
51.98725, -0.18587
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cock Public House is a late 18th century or early 19th century building located on the northeast side of High Street. It features a red and grey brick front and a tiled roof with a corbelled cornice. The structure is two storeys tall and has two casement windows on the first floor. The ground floor includes two canted bay windows with glazing bars and a doorhood supported by cut brackets. This public house is part of a group that includes several other buildings on the street, specifically Nos 1 to 11 (odd), 15, 19, 21, the outbuilding east of No 21, 23, 23A, 25, 29, 33, 35A, 37, 37B, 41A, 41B, 41, 43, 45, and 53 to 63 (odd).

Local climate

The Cock Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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