NHER 62356 (Building record) - 32 King Street/32 Crown Road

32 King Street and 32 Crown Road. Formerly the Cock Tavern/Cock Inn, which had frontages on both King Street and Crown Road.

1972. Listed Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
No. 32 King Street (formerly listed as the Cock P.H.).
"Former public house empty at the time of re-survey. Late 18th century with early 19th-century extension. Red brick and pantile roof. Three storeys. Four bays. Simple 19th-century pilastered pub-front with double doors to left-side. Door with semi-circular fanlight and plain pilasters to the right of the central vertical brickwork joint."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 October 2017. Amended by J. Cullis (HES), 22 January 2020.

1970s or 1980s. Building Survey.
Briefly examined as part of Norwich Survey.
Three-storey red brick double pile block, former Public House, still with 19th-century pub front. Concealed sash-framed windows and indented cornice.
Information from record form (S2).
P. Watkins (HES), 17 October 2017.

Above the door of 32 Crown Road is a pediment containing a three-dimensional bas-relief panel depicting a cock. This was made by the well-known Norwich artist John Moray-Smith in the mid 1930s and was the first of a series of commissions for Morgans Brewery. Unfortunately its original colours have been painted over.
The Cock also once contained another Moray-Smith panel known as the Norwich Panorama, which was commissioned during the 1940s. The viewpoint for this panorama appears to have been on St James Hill, although research has suggested a certain amount of artistic licence was used. This panel was acquired by the Caistor Hall Hotel following the closure of The Cock and was subsequently purchased and restored by the Norwich Society.
See (S3) for further information on these and Moray-Smith's other works in Norwich and beyond.
P. Watkins (HES), 19 March 2019.