This modest 17th-century Lincolnshire manor house was the birthplace and family home of one of the world’s most famous scientists. Instead of running the family sheep farm as a young man, Newton developed his remarkable work about light and gravity here. Visit the famous apple tree and discover Newton’s ideas in the hands-on Science Discovery […]
Gainsborough Old Hall
A little-known gem, Gainsborough Old Hall is among the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England. Partly brick and partly timber-framed, and mainly later 15th century with Elizabethan additions, it has a kitchen with an enormous fireplace, a noble great hall, and an imposing lodgings tower. Winner of Sandford Award 1988, 1993,2003, 2009