Skegness Magazine

A piece of Skegness history was on the move in May 1989 when the Victorian wooden summer house was transported from the cricket ground to Church Farm Heritage Museum.

The wooden construction had been one of four originally sited in the ground, and also appears on early architectural designs for the town.
After years of wear and tear, the Skegness Cricket Club committee decided to offer the last remaining antique summer house to the museum, rather than destroy it.
Church Farm Museum was eager to accept the donation and arranged for its transportation to its final resting place in the orchard at the museum.
The delicate operation involved putting timber joists through the roof of the summer house and loading it onto a truck with the help of a massive crane.
Using wood from another summer house, staff at the museum hoped to restore the present one to its former glory.

Skegness Standard 19th May 1989
Photograph by Anon

This article contains extracts from the original newspaper story as printed in the Skegness Standard.

The burning question now is – Is the Victorian Summer House still in the orchard of Skegness Church Farm Museum almost twenty years on?

We went to Church Farm Museum to have a look…
…sure enough, at the far end of the museum, through the orchard, nestled amongst the forget-me-nots, we found the 120 year old Victorian Lady in her final resting place…