The Forge is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1986. Forge.

The Forge

WRENN ID
sombre-chimney-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Lindsey
Constituency
Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 June 1986
Type
Forge
Address
The Forge, Thurlby Road, Bilsby
OS grid reference
TF 469 764
Coordinates
53.26508, 0.20232
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Forge is an early 19th-century building that served as a forge. It is constructed of painted brick and features a pantile roof with a single ridge stack. The building is single storey with a seven-bay front and has a dentillated eaves course. The central entrance consists of a planked door, with a sliding glazing bar sash window to the left, planked double doors, and another window. To the right, there are two fixed lights with glazing bars and a plain light. The openings are topped with segmental brick heads. This building is included in the register for its group value only.

Local climate

The Forge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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