The Cock public house sign in Sutton High Street is one of 23 buildings and sites to have gained or been upgraded to new listed statuses in 2018.

It was originally a gas lamppost and sign from a pub with the same name, located at a junction once known as The Cock Cross Roads, and owned by Gentleman Jackson (1769 – 1845).

The Cock pub sported a sign which was hung from a timber goalpost in Sutton High Street, and while it was demolished to help widen the street its old sign has remained since.

An early 20th Century lamppost and pub sign, it was later relocated and converted into a road sign in around 1915.

Historic England, which protects historical environments across the country, has granted it Grade II listed status - meaning it's of “special interest, warranting every effort to preserve” it.

The historic sign, at the junction of Sutton High Street and Carshalton Road, is one of three in south London which have been listed by Historic England out of the 23 for 2018.

The Assembly Rooms in Greenwich, a community hall which was built in 1881, also now has Grade II status.

And a pedestrian subway with a vestibule, terrace and stairs beneath Crystal Palace Parade dating from 1865 has been upgraded to Grade II*.