Springbrook Forge North West of Springbrook House is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1990. Forge.
Springbrook Forge North West of Springbrook House
- WRENN ID
- little-step-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1990
- Type
- Forge
- Address
- Springbrook Forge North West of Springbrook House, Churchill and Blakedown
- OS grid reference
- SO 879 781
- Coordinates
- 52.40114, -2.17913
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Springbrook Forge, located northwest of Springbrook House in Blakedown, is a water-driven scythe forge dating from around 1840. The building is constructed of red brick and features a Welsh slate roof. It is a single-storey structure with a gable end facing the entrance, which has a basket-arched design and double plank doors. The gable wall is otherwise blank. On either side of the building, there are various casement windows set under brick cambered arches.
On the left side of the forge, there is an 18-foot overshot cast iron waterwheel, which has a pipe and pentrough above it. This waterwheel is connected via gearing and a shaft to belt-drive wheels located inside the building. The interior also contains a brick fireplace and a roof supported by a 3-bay tie-beam truss. Springbrook Forge was already in operation by 1827.
Local climate
Springbrook Forge North West of Springbrook House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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