Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 The Cock Hotel in Wellington has been a feature of the town since the 1870s, having been an old coaching inn on the Roman Road of Watling Street and has been given a new lease of life since being taken over by Joule's Brewery in 2018. The brewery, which owned the pub during the 20th century, invested more than £1 million in restoring and refurbishing the building, adding to it a large restaurant and outside area including undercover converted stables before it was reopened in 2022. The original bar was retained and high seating installed around the windows, while the lounge with its large curved window overlooking the crossroads was updated and made more comfortable.
Joule's marketing director Steve Nuttall said Wellington was a town with a lot of history and the Cock Hotel was a great old pub which had been part of the old Joule's estate. He said: "The Brewery researched the history of the pub with Richard Bromlow who revealed the origins of the pub as a coaching inn on the old Roman road, a very important staging post during the 18th and 19th centuries. "Joule’s have refurbished the original stables and created an inner courtyard around what would have been a busy and frenetic space for carriage team changeovers.
"The pub has always had something extraordinary about it as it has a unique warm atmosphere, which comes from such a long history. "The pub is an ancient listed building, with more than half our.