Magpie Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Public house. 1 related planning application.
Magpie Public House
- WRENN ID
- crooked-gravel-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Magpie Public House, High Street, Harrold, MK43 7DA
- OS grid reference
- SP 952 568
- Coordinates
- 52.20167, -0.60773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Magpie Public House is an 18th-century building that has undergone later alterations. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features a clay tile roof with stone gable coping. The structure has two storeys and attics, with roof lights present. On the first floor, there are two sash windows with glazing bars, which are set under stone arches that include keystones. The ground floor has two similar windows flanking a 20th-century stone gabled porch.
Local climate
Magpie Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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