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Branscombe – The Old Bakery, Manor Mill & Forge is a collection of buildings in Branscombe
Branscombe, Devon

Branscombe is a village in the East Devon district of the England county of Devon.The parish covers 13.92 square kilometres . Its permanent population in 2005 was estimated at 523 by the Family Health Services Authority....
, Seaton
Seaton, Devon

Seaton is a seaside town in East Devon on the south coast of England.The town faces onto Lyme Bay, to the west of the mouth of the River Axe, Devon with red cliffs to one side and white cliffs on the other....
, Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
, England
England

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. The property has been in the ownership of the National Trust
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales and Northern Ireland....
 since 1965.

The property consists of three buildings: a bakery
Bakery

A bakery is an establishment which produces or/and sells bread, pies, pastries, cakes & cupcakes, biscuits, cookies, muffins, Roll , doughnuts, etc....
, a watermill
Watermill

A watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour, lumber or textile production, or metal shaping ....
 and a forge
Forge

A forge is the workplace of a smith or a blacksmith. A forge is sometimes referred to as a smithy.The basic smithy contains a forge, also known as a hearth, for heating metals....
.

The Old Bakery is a stone-built and partially rendered thatch
Thatching

Thatching is the craft of covering a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, Phragmites, Cyperaceae, Juncus and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof....
ed building. It was the last traditional working bakery in the county when it closed its doors in 1987. The old baking equipment has been preserved in the baking room and the rest of the building now serves as a tea room.

The water-powered Manor Mill probably supplied the flour for the bakery.






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Branscombe – The Old Bakery, Manor Mill & Forge is a collection of buildings in Branscombe
Branscombe, Devon

Branscombe is a village in the East Devon district of the England county of Devon.The parish covers 13.92 square kilometres . Its permanent population in 2005 was estimated at 523 by the Family Health Services Authority....
, Seaton
Seaton, Devon

Seaton is a seaside town in East Devon on the south coast of England.The town faces onto Lyme Bay, to the west of the mouth of the River Axe, Devon with red cliffs to one side and white cliffs on the other....
, Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. The property has been in the ownership of the National Trust
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales and Northern Ireland....
 since 1965.

The property consists of three buildings: a bakery
Bakery

A bakery is an establishment which produces or/and sells bread, pies, pastries, cakes & cupcakes, biscuits, cookies, muffins, Roll , doughnuts, etc....
, a watermill
Watermill

A watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour, lumber or textile production, or metal shaping ....
 and a forge
Forge

A forge is the workplace of a smith or a blacksmith. A forge is sometimes referred to as a smithy.The basic smithy contains a forge, also known as a hearth, for heating metals....
.

The Old Bakery is a stone-built and partially rendered thatch
Thatching

Thatching is the craft of covering a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, Phragmites, Cyperaceae, Juncus and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof....
ed building. It was the last traditional working bakery in the county when it closed its doors in 1987. The old baking equipment has been preserved in the baking room and the rest of the building now serves as a tea room.

The water-powered Manor Mill probably supplied the flour for the bakery. The mill has recently been restored and is now in full working order.

The Forge is the only thatched forge surviving in England. The blacksmith
Blacksmith

A blacksmith is a person who processess iron or steel by forging the metal; i.e., by using tools to hammer, bend, cut, and otherwise shape it in its non-liquid form....
 sells the ironwork
Ironwork

Ironwork is any weapon, Visual arts, utensil or architectural feature made of iron especially used for decoration. There are two main types of ironwork wrought iron and cast iron....
 he produces.

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