Inn Sign Spanning the Highway Immediately East of the Magpie Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1987. Inn sign.
Inn Sign Spanning the Highway Immediately East of the Magpie Inn
- WRENN ID
- hidden-terrace-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1987
- Type
- Inn sign
- Address
- Inn Sign Spanning the Highway Immediately East of the Magpie Inn, Norwich Road, Stonham Parva
- OS grid reference
- TM 119 604
- Coordinates
- 52.2016, 1.09993
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The inn sign spanning the highway immediately east of the Magpie Inn is of 17th or 18th century origin, although it has been largely or entirely renewed in the 20th century. On either side of the road, there are square posts approximately 6 meters high that support a timber beam across the road, with a diagonal brace at each corner. Atop the beam is a painted metal figure of a magpie, surrounded by wrought iron scrollwork. Below this figure hangs a sign displaying the Brewery name. It is traditionally believed that this sign was used as a gibbet for hanging highwaymen. The sign is included for its group value.
Local climate
Inn Sign Spanning the Highway Immediately East of the Magpie Inn 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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