Blacksmith's Forge is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Forge.
Blacksmith's Forge
- WRENN ID
- stranded-keystone-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- Blacksmith's Forge, High Street, Welbourn
- OS grid reference
- SK 965 539
- Coordinates
- 53.07417, -0.5602
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blacksmith's Forge is a building from 1864, constructed of dressed rubble with brick dressings. It has a pantile roof featuring a single gable and a single ridge brick stack. The forge is a single storey structure. The south front includes a large cart entrance with double doors and brick quoined jambs, along with a single window beneath a segmental stone head, which has external plank shutters. A plaque displaying a horseshoe and the date '1864' is located in the gable wall. This building is included for its group value only.
Local climate
Blacksmith's Forge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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