Former Forge Now Garage on Roadside Immediately North of Cottage to North of Quince Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1987. Forge, garage.

Former Forge Now Garage on Roadside Immediately North of Cottage to North of Quince Cottage

WRENN ID
noble-arch-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 October 1987
Type
Forge, garage
Address
Former Forge Now Garage on Roadside Immediately North of Cottage to North of Quince Cottage, Meshaw
OS grid reference
SS 759 196
Coordinates
50.96267, -3.76808
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This former forge, now used as a garage, dates from the 18th century and is located on the roadside immediately north of the cottage that is north of Quince Cottage. The building has cob and rubble walls that are rendered and colourwashed, topped with a hipped reed-thatched roof. It has a square plan with a direct entry on the right side leading into a large working area, and there is an additional room at the rear in a gabled addition that contains the former forge hearth.

On the exterior, there is a 4-pane casement window with lapped panes facing the roadside, and a door opening on the right side features paired plank doors with iron strap hinges. The interior is mostly plain, showcasing a pegged collar-beam roof of very light construction. The rear room includes a fireplace with brick dressings, likely associated with the former forge hearth. This building has group value with Quince Cottage and the attached cottage.

Local climate

Former Forge Now Garage on Roadside Immediately North of Cottage to North of Quince Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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