Description

TL 1407 NE
4/283

ST ALBANS
ST PETER'S STREET
(south east side)
Nos 48 and 50
(The Cock PH)

II
GV

Public House. Late C16 or early C17, added to and altered. Painted brick
with 1st floor rendered on St Peter's Street side incorporating timber framing.
Plain tile roof. 2 timber-framed bays, jettied at front and left side, with
wing added to rear (C17), jetties underbuilt, 3rd bay added to front right
(probably early C19), and wing extended rearwards (C19 and C20). St Peter's
Street elevation: 2 1st-floor windows; left corner canted and having C20 door
with pub sign over; 3 large C20 sash windows to ground floor, of 6, 8 and
6 panes; on 1st floor, pub sign flanked by 16-pane sash windows. Roof hipped
at left end. Large brick stack to rear left. Left return: front range has
a window to each floor, the wing a door flanked by windows on each floor the
ground-floor openings cambered-headed; ground-floor windows are C20, small-
paned; 1st-floor windows are 2-light, 8-pane, side-sliding sashes; lower single-
wing-extension on left has three 6-pane sashes, parapet, and ridge stack.
Interior: timber-framed part of front range has chamfered cross-beam with
stepped cyma stop; broad, close-set, joists and dragon-beam at corner with
carpenters marks; covered-over timbers visible on 1st floor including jowelled
wall posts and tie-beams. Front part of rear wing (which is the oldest) has
chamfered spine-beam with run-out stops, and wall plate visible on 1st floor.

Listing NGR: TL1495207507

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Cock at Wikipedia
• The Cock official website
• Wikidata Q24023178

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