The Cock Inn is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1974. Inn. 7 related planning applications.

The Cock Inn

WRENN ID
eastward-thatch-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1974
Type
Inn
Address
The Cock Inn, 8, High Street, SG5 1BH
OS grid reference
TL 183 291
Coordinates
51.94834, -0.27916
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cock Inn is a 16th-century inn that has two storeys and has undergone significant alterations, with much of it being modernized. It features a narrow facade facing the street, which includes a broad carriageway next to a cross-gable adorned with carved bargeboards that extend from a steep tiled roof. There is a Tudor label above one of the two restored windows. Additionally, a five-storey building in Tudor style has been added to the north in more recent times.

Local climate

The Cock Inn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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