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Forging Ahead

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August 2017

A 300 year old forge on Dartmoor has been restored to its former glory and is back in business. SHARON GOBLE went to Widecombe to meet farrier Nick Rule

- Nick Rule

Forging Ahead

MOST people who buy and restore a historic building are happy to uncover an original fireplace or some old beams, but when Nick Rule took on the Old Forge at Widecombe in-the-Moor he discovered something far more unusual buried in the floor. It turned out to be an incredibly useful find - a blacksmith’s swage block (a multi-purpose metal-working tool similar to an anvil).

“I’d always dreamt of having an old blacksmith’s forge,” Nick tells me. “Traditional smithies like this one are few and far between. When I moved to Devon six years ago and the children started going to Widecombe school, I knew this building used to be a forge but all the windows were boarded up. Then I happened to be driving past one day and saw a ‘For Sale’ sign.”

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