How to look after your older property – National Maintenance Week
The Historic Heart of Gainsborough Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) supports the SPAB’s 2021 National Maintenance Week The Historic Heart of Gainsborough THI is managed by West Lindsey District Council with the backing of the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The £1.96m investment in historic buildings and associated community engagement activities seeks
A look at 35 Lord Street, formerly The Tiger Inn
As promised last week, we continue down Lord Street looking at the historic buildings which are eligible for grants within the Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI). This week we look at 35 Lord Street, which was known as The Tiger Inn for more than 200 years before renaming to ‘Lords’ in
A Vision of the Past to inform the Future
In our last post we detailed the uphill struggle that we are facing to convince building owners to come forward and apply for their grants to cover around 75% of the cost of restoring their shopfronts. Each week now we will feature a building that is targeted for improvements within
Heritage Centre Update
Calling New Volunteers: Are you interested in a new challenge? The Gainsborough Heritage Centre is a local heritage museum with a fantastic array of exhibits and an extensive archive collection. The Centre requires some new and enthusiastic volunteers to help welcome visitors to the Centre as well as helping our
The Big Draw – A Day of Creativity at Gainsborough Old Hall
As part of the world’s biggest festival of drawing we organised a free day of sketching and guided clay tile making with Shaun Clark, our ceramic artist from Whiskerhills Pottery. Over 80 people joined in with sketching the flowers and wildlife around the grounds of Gainsborough Old Hall, gathering inspiration