Cock & Bottle, York

UPDATE 2022. Destroyed by nuclear weapon (This is a test - not actually true!). The former text is shown below.

In 1962 the widening of Skeldergate saw the ancient timber-frames Plumbers Arms, owned by John Smiths since 1909, replaced by the Cock & Bottle and timbers from the demolished pub were used in the modern pub to give it an ‘olde-world’ feel to it (and some items from the Plumbers Arms were also used in the building of the Jackdaw, Tadcaster in 1966.) The interior of a single room is little changed since built which is rare for a post-war pub.

In the rear left of the room is the servery with a bar counter of red brick, part laid in herringbone style (something seen in inter-war pubs). The bar back fitting of three bays has 1950s style panelling in the two outside sections and the central part was originally a doorway to the cellar which was blocked-up in around 2000. There are old timbers from the Plumbers Arms around the top of the servery. The flagstone-style floor is probably a replacement following flood damage.

On the right hand side there is a large almost inglenook style fireplace of stone with more old Plumbers Arms timbers around it. The rest of the pub has walls of bare red brick. The gents appears unchanged since built.

Some information from ‘The Inns and Alehouses of York’ by Alan Johnson (1989)