Magpie, Delicatus Fine Foods and The Institute is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1982. L-shaped building. 3 related planning applications.

Magpie, Delicatus Fine Foods and The Institute

WRENN ID
guardian-cloister-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wealden
Constituency
Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 December 1982
Type
L-shaped building
Address
Magpie, Delicatus Fine Foods and The Institute, High Street, Wadhurst, TN5 6AP
OS grid reference
TQ 640 317
Coordinates
51.06186, 0.33984
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Magpie, Delicatus Fine Foods and The Institute is an L-shaped building from the 17th century, which has been altered and refronted in the 19th century. It stands two storeys high and features five windows. The ground floor is made of painted brick and is adorned with fishscale tiles. The west wall is constructed of coursed stone and includes a chimney breast. The roof is tiled, and there are casement windows throughout. At the east end, there is a modern shop front.

Local climate

Magpie, Delicatus Fine Foods and The Institute receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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