Museums · East Midlands
Ayscoughfee Hall
Ayscoughfee Hall is a grade I listed building and modest associated parkland in central Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, and is a landmark on the fen tour.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Spalding · 0.7 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Ayscoughfee Hall is a grade I listed building and modest associated parkland in central Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, and is a landmark on the fen tour.
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Ayscoughfee Hall is a grade I listed building and modest associated parkland in central Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, and is a landmark on the fen tour.
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Background
History
The house, currently a museum, was built for a local wool merchant, traditionally supposed to be Richard Ailwyn (or Aldwyn) in the fifteenth century. A dendrological study of the roof timbers reveal that the house was built in one phase, with a completion date of the majority of the present building in 1451. Richard Ailwyn's son, Sir Nicholas Ailwyn, a member of the Mercers' Company, became Lord Mayor of London in 1499. In the seventeenth century, the Hall passed into the Johnson family. The most notable Johnson was the second Maurice Johnson, known as "the Antiquary" (1688–1755), who founded the Spalding Gentlemen's Society (the second oldest antiquarian society still in existence) in…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.7844, -0.1494
- County
- Lincolnshire
- District
- South Holland
- Parish
- South Holland, unparished area
- Postcode
- PE11 2RA
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings
- Nearest railway station
- Spalding — 0.7 km
Sources
- wikipedia: Ayscoughfee Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ayscoughfee Hall?
- Ayscoughfee Hall is in Lincolnshire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode PE11 2RA), in the parish of South Holland, unparished area.
- What is Ayscoughfee Hall?
- Ayscoughfee Hall is a grade I listed building and modest associated parkland in central Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, and is a landmark on the fen tour.
- How do I get to Ayscoughfee Hall?
- The nearest railway station is Spalding, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode PE11 2RA.
- Is Ayscoughfee Hall free to visit?
- Yes, Ayscoughfee Hall is free to enter.
- How do I get to Ayscoughfee Hall?
- The nearest railway station is Spalding, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode PE11 2RA.