Members of the public can get rare look inside an historic school this September.
Welland Hall, formerly Spalding High School and now Ayscgouhfee Hall School, is opening its doors to the public on Sunday, September 15 as part of the Heritage Open Days initiative.
A spokesman for Ayscoughfee said: “We are welcoming visitors to witness the changes that have occurred since its establishment in 1920 as a school.
“Whether you have a connection to Spalding High School when it was situated at Welland Hall, are a past pupil of Ayscoughfee Hall School or are interested in discovering the story of Boris, the school’s friendly ghost, then please come and visit us during the event.”
Guided tours will be available from 11am to 1pm.
Other locations which will be opening are:
* Spalding’s United Reformed Church will be opening its crypt from 10.30am to 4pm on September 7 and 11.30am to 4pm on September 8. There will also be the chance to see the church’s replica John Williams Missionary ship, or ‘penny ship’ as many will know it, and a celebration of its links with Speyer and the Christuskirche community.
* St Mary’s and the Holy Rood Church in Donington will be open to see Captain Matthew Flinders’ grave from 10am to 2pm, September 10 to 12.
* St Gilbert and St Hugh’s Church, Clough Road, Gosberton Clough, on September 14 10.30am to 4pm.
* Crowland Abbey and its bell tower on September 14.
* Tydd Pumping Station on Station Road, Tydd, 10am-4pm on September 14.
* Spalding Gentlemen’s Society’s Broad Street base will be open 10am to 4pm every day except Monday.
A full list of sites is at www.heritageopendays.org.uk/
