A new multimedia guide for this famous Lincolnshire site (with a separate version for Children) is expected to massively enhance the interpretation. A visually Impaired and Hearing Impaired Version should also cater for all of the access requirements.

The Hall has a fascinating history with two families featuring, the Burghs and the Hickman’s

In 1720 Sir Neville Hickman built a large new house on the outskirts of Gainsborough, they moved out of the ‘old’ Hall but did not sell it. The hall then went through many phases of use, including a theatre, Masonic lodge as well as lodging rooms. In 1949 after many years of neglect the hall was saved from demolition by an association called the Friends of Gainsborough Old Hall. In 1970 the hall was given to the nation by Sir Edmund Bacon

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