The Smugglers' Wheel is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Public house. 6 related planning applications.
The Smugglers' Wheel
- WRENN ID
- rusted-solder-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1952
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Smugglers' Wheel, Wartling, BN27 4SQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 667 113
- Coordinates
- 50.87717, 0.36906
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th century or earlier timber-framed building that was later refaced with brick in the 18th century, and is now painted. A stringcourse runs along the facade. The roof is tiled. The original window glazing bars remain intact. The front doorway is topped with a flat hood and has a narrow window on each side. The door itself is made up of six fielded panels. The building is two storeys high with four windows. A good staircase is located inside.
Local climate
The Smugglers' Wheel receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- 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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