Magpie Hotel and Stables Adjoining East is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. Hotel, stables.

Magpie Hotel and Stables Adjoining East

WRENN ID
frozen-pilaster-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Type
Hotel, stables
OS grid reference
TM 245 832
Coordinates
52.40155, 1.29885
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Magpie Hotel and stables, located on the south side of Market Place in Harleston, date from the early 18th century, with the core likely being older. The building is constructed from plastered brick and features a hipped roof covered in black glazed pantiles. It stands two storeys high and has five windows, which are sashes with glazing bars set in moulded casings. Notably, the first-floor window to the right of the centre has a sash with thicker glazing bars. The ground floor includes sidelights next to the windows and two pilastered doorcases topped with entablatures, leading to fielded panel doors.

At the rear, there are two 18th-century painted brick wings, with the westernmost wing facing London Road and finished in stucco. This wing is also two storeys tall and has four windows, all sashes with glazing bars. Attached to the end of this wing is a 19th-century red brick addition, which is also two storeys high and features two sashes with glazing bars. An ornate wrought iron inn sign is located on the corner of the building. There is a carriageway on the east end of the front, with one sash window above that has thick glazing bars and a gable-ended roof. Adjacent to this is a long 18th-century stable range, which has a stuccoed wall facing Exchange Street, and on the south side facing the yard, there are loft and stable doors.

Local climate

Magpie Hotel and Stables Adjoining East sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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