Forge Approximately 50 Metres North East of Bicton House is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1987. Forge, educational building. 1 related planning application.

Forge Approximately 50 Metres North East of Bicton House

WRENN ID
tall-span-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 February 1987
Type
Forge, educational building
Address
Forge Approximately 50 Metres North East of Bicton House, EX9 7BY
OS grid reference
SY 069 865
Coordinates
50.67109, -3.31809
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The forge located approximately 50 meters northeast of Bicton House is a Grade II listed building, likely built around 1800 and later enlarged in the 19th century. It was converted into a classroom around 1945. The structure is made of Flemish bond red brick set on stone rubble footings, topped with a slate roof. It is a single-storey building with its main facade facing south, flanked by projecting small rooms. The northern end features an extension.

The south end showcases a large round-headed archway and includes a plat band at the impost level. The eaves cornice is adorned with dentils created by brick headers, and the roof is hipped. The flanking rooms are slightly recessed from the main front, each featuring a round-headed window, with the right room containing the oldest window, which has a grille. Both rooms have hipped roofs.

The right side of the building displays a four-window front interrupted by two doorways, with only the left-hand window being original, featuring a low segmental arch above it. Above this window, there is a series of ventilators or pigeon holes formed by missing brick headers. The section to the right is constructed of a different brick but maintains the same style. The windows and doors are from the 20th century. A board positioned high near the right end bears a notice stating: "The SMITHS employed in this shop are ordered to shoe no Horses and to do no work for any strangers whatever or they will be discharged." The roof at this end is also hipped. The interior shows only 20th-century details from the classroom conversion, and the roof was not inspected.

Local climate

Forge Approximately 50 Metres North East of Bicton House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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