{"id":298,"date":"2011-09-21T14:58:15","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T14:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=298"},"modified":"2017-05-16T11:01:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T11:01:27","slug":"finch-foundry-devon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"Finch Foundry, Devon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch_9684.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2788\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch_9684.jpg\" alt=\"Tilt hammers and worker\" width=\"451\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignbottom size-full wp-image-2788\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch_9684.jpg 451w, http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch_9684-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 85vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>(National Trust)<\/em><br \/>\nThis is the last remaining water-powered forge in England. The buildings and workshops have been preserved and the machinery is in working order.  There are hourly demonstrations and tours, when you can see the waterwheels driving the tilt hammer and grindstone.<br \/>\nUpstairs is a small museum giving the history of the forge. In the grounds are a pleasant garden and a teashop. A Quaker cemetery adjoins the site. From the site one can take a circular riverside walk of about a mile and a half.<br \/>\nAn interesting site, worth a visit.<br \/>\nAccess to the car park is narrow, with a height restriction.<br \/>\n <figure id=\"attachment_2789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2789\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch_9683.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2789\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch_9683-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"hammer drive wheels\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2789\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hammer drive<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_2790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2790\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch_9687.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2790\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch_9687-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Water wheel\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2790\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water wheel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(National Trust) This is the last remaining water-powered forge in England. The buildings and workshops have been preserved and the machinery is in working order. There are hourly demonstrations and tours, when you can see the waterwheels driving the tilt hammer and grindstone. Upstairs is a small museum giving the history of the forge. In &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=298\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Finch Foundry, Devon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,3,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2791,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions\/2791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}