Opening times: Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 12pm-4pm

Step into a different era and make yourself at home.

Mrs Smith was well known and well loved in Navenby where she lived until she was 102. Her cottage provides a rare insight into the life of a rural Lincolnshire community through an entire century. The contents and appearance have been preserved from when Hilda Smith last lived there in 1995. She knew all the local history, families and secrets and kept a diary every day. You can explore and reveal layers of a unique story.

This is not just a place to look back though. Hilda Smith was always interested in the future and what children had to say. The cottage and her life contain lessons that are invaluable to anyone today. Her principled existence, her determination and warmth are today lived out today through the work of this unique site.

The cottage holds special events, workshops and talks throughout the year, please visit their website for more details.