The Cock Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Inn.

The Cock Inn

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 July 1980
Type
Inn
Address
The Cock Inn, the Green, Polstead
OS grid reference
TL 993 383
Coordinates
52.00757, 0.90293
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cock Inn is a brick-fronted building from the 18th century or early 19th century, which is plastered and may have an earlier core. It features a tiled roof and stands two storeys high. The facade includes a three-window range of double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. There are two doorways; one has a gabled porch while the other is topped with a gabled hood. The building is capped with two ridge chimney stacks.

Local climate

The Cock Inn sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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