Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum

The museum was inaugurated in 1987 and consists of a bungalow constructed of corrugated galvanised iron laid on a timber frame. The building was shipped to Woodhall Spa as a flat pack. The cottage, erected in 1887, was chosen from the models available in the catalogue of Boulton & Paul Ltd, a leading manufacturer of corrugated iron buildings, which were in vogue in the era. An unusual example of such a cottage is that it is still standing in well-preserved condition. John Wield's collection of photographs and ephemera were offered in the early 1980s to the community of Woodhall Spa to put on public display. Not long after that, in 1985, John Wield's bungalow came on the market and, in 1986,…