The Old King’s Head is working with two local artists to support selling their work, as well as helping us to display some beautiful artwork throughout the property for our guests and visitors to enjoy.  You may have seen some of these original pieces proudly displayed on a visit to see us since we opened…

On the evening of Friday 1st October 2o21, Heritage Lincolnshire hosted an exclusive evening at The Old King’s Head to celebrate the first day of opening for the cafe. The evening welcomed a variety of guests including, funders for the project so that they could see for themselves what their money had been spent on,…

Friday 1st October and after two years with our building contractors on site, The Old King’s Head has opened to the public as a cafe, 9 bedroom B&B and community room available for hire. For our official opening day, we welcomed back The Duff family, who were former residents of The King’s Head They were…

You have heard a lot about the Duff family who were former residents of The Old King’s Head, but during this project we have also got to know some of the other former  families and on our first day of opening on Friday 1st October we welcomed Luke Gill back to the house he shared…

Husband and wife team, Ali and Ian Carrott, have helped us to make the inside of The Old King’s Head look cosy, warming and comfy with all their beautiful soft furnishings.  All of the cushions, blinds and bed throws have been expertly made to measure, and created down the road in Bicker, Lincolnshire, just for…

We have found an old blog written by Brian Hoggard in August 2016 about the discover of bottles hanging in the loft space.  Find out about his discovery and why they were there. Note:  unfortunately after the restoration works the bottles are now longer in situ.   Heritage Lincolnshire have made a strange discovery in…

The Old King’s Head has had a great team working on site to restore the building since March 2019.  We had a chat with Rowan, who was the only female to work on site and also ended up re-pointing most of the buildings!  Find out what she has to say about her time working on…

On Friday 3rd September 2021, we welcomed back our previous CEO, Liz Bates to The Old King’s Head. Liz has not seen the project that she started over 5 years ago since she left the Trust in May 2019.  It has been two years since she has stepped on site and so we couldn’t resist…

Mary Duff with her husband Geoffrey purchased The King’s Head in 1972 following a whirlwind decision one morning when walking her three boys to school.  For sale at £2,500 Mary and Geoffrey made an offer and had it accepted all in one day, and then didn’t sleep that night wondering what they had done!  But…

Throughout the project we have had several local Lincolnshire businesses supporting us and one of those is photographer Chris Vaughan.  Chris has been a part of the project since the start and has seen the transformation through the lens of his camera. We asked him a few questions about his time on the project and…

The Greyfriars building off Freeschool Lane in Lincoln is one of the very few friary remains in Britain and one of the best preserved. The Orders of Friars first appeared in the early 13th Century, a new type of religious order dedicated to preaching, travelling around and living on charity amongst the people, as opposed…

It is hardly surprising, but often the archaeological finds from the Palaeolithic that spark the most interest are things like figurines, paintings and engravings that have been discovered across the whole of Europe. Although I can’t find any examples from Lincolnshire (probably due to lack of survival than lack of artistry), there are excellent examples…