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Thursday 8 September 2011 10am-2pm RAF Staxton Wold (booking) 10am-5pm Rotunda Admission Free 10am-5pm Scarborough Art Gallery Admission Free 10am-4pm St Andrew’s Church tours Heritage Open Days aims to raise public 10am-4pm St Mary’s Church (tour at 10.30 booking) awareness of our architectural, built, historical or 11am-4pm Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre cultural heritage. Buildings across the country 11am & 2.30pm Scarborough Collections (booking) that are either not usually open to the public or 12noon-4pm Westborough Methodist Church that usually charge admission will open for free. 1 pm (booking) Other events such as guided walks take place - 2pm St Andrew’s Church Scarborough Model talk also free. For 2011 the Scarborough & District Civic Society, Friday 9 September 2011 Scarborough Archaeological & Historical Society, 10am-2pm RAF Staxton Wold (booking) Scarborough Museums Trust and the Borough 10am-5pm Rotunda Admission Free Council have organised an exciting range of 10am-5pm Scarborough Art Gallery Admission Free events. 11am & 2.30pm Scarborough Art Gallery Attic Tours (booking) SEE INSIDE FOR DETAILS 10am-4pm St Andrew’s Church tours 11 am (booking)

11am-4pm Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre For booking of events (unless otherwise stated) 12noon-4pm Westborough Methodist Church please contact 01723 384503 from 9am to 5pm 1 pm Stephen Joseph Theatre (booking) 6.30pm Knights Templar Hall (booking) Monday to Friday. For more information see www.scarboroughcivicsociety.org.uk Saturday 10 September 2011 For information on other events throughout the 9.30-11.30am Scarborough Town Hall (booking) country look at the national website 10am-4pm Ice Cream Factory (booking) www.heritageopendays.org 10am-4pm Masonic Hall 10am-5pm Rotunda Admission Free This leaflet is funded by 10am-5pm Scarborough Art Gallery Admission Free Scarborough Borough Council 10am Scarborough Yacht Club (booking) Central Urban Area Committee 11am-4pm Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre 10am-4pm St Andrew’s Church tours Scarborough’s Town Crier 10am-4pm Trinity House 11am-3pm Woodend Creative Workspace proclaiming 12noon-4pm Westborough Methodist Church 2pm-4pm Rotunda balcony tours (booking) Free EVENTS IN

SCARBOROUGH Sunday 11 September 2011 10am-5pm Rotunda Admission Free SEPTEMBER 2011 10am-5pm Scarborough Art Gallery Admission Free 10am–12 Scarborough (booking) 11am-4pm Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre 1pm-4pm Scarborough Spa Grand Hall & Theatre 2pm-4pm Westborough Methodist Church

Foulbridge Farm - near Snainton Scarborough Art Gallery – The Crescent Scarborough Yacht Club/Lighthouse Friday 9th 6.30 pm Listed Grade I Listed Grade II* Vincent’s Pier Knights Templar Hall Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th Saturday 10th 10 am Listed Grade II This is a place that sends shivers of excitement through 10.00 am-5.00 pm Admission Free Rebuilt after the 1914 bombardment. anyone interested in Templar buildings, because their Friday 9 September only Maximum of 30 people. Pre-booking essential 01723 Great Hall still exists, but for a while nobody knew it Free attic tours at 11.00 am and 2.30 pm with Karen 384503 was there! Maximum of 30 people. Pre-booking Snowden, Head of Collections of Scarborough Museums St Andrew’s Church – Ramshill Rd essential 01723 384503 Trust. Maximum of 10 per tour. Not suitable for people Thursday 8th, Friday 9th & Saturday 10th Ice Cream Factory Harbour Bar - Sandside with limited mobility. Length of tour c40 minutes Listed Grade II* 10.00 am-4.00 pm Saturday 10th September Pre-booking essential 01723 384503 St Andrew’s Church tours throughout the day. Rated Famed for serving some of the best ice cream in the Scarborough Collections – Woodend highly by Pevsner and often referred to as 'The country. See how it’s made! Maximum of 12 per tour The Crescent. Cathedral of Yorkshire Congregationalism'. A truly 10 am until 4 pm Thursday 8 September only - Admission Free remarkable Nonconformist church. Visit the new Pre-booking essential 01723 384503 Store tours at 11.00 am and 2.30 pm with Karen Heritage Chapel and view the model of Medieval Futurist Theatre - Foreshore Road Snowden, Head of Collections of Scarborough Museums Scarborough. Thursday 8th only Friday 9th 11:00am Trust. Maximum of 10 per tour. Chris Hall to give a talk about the model of Medieval The fifth largest theatre in the UK outside of London. Meet in reception at Woodend Creative Workspace. Scarborough 2pm Meet in the entrance foyer for a backstage tour. Mobility not a problem. Length of tour c40 minutes St Mary’s Church-Castle Road Maximum of 30. Pre-booking essential 01723 384503 Thursday 8th Listed Grade I Pre-booking essential 01723 384503 Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre Open from 10am-4pm Masonic Hall – St Nicholas Cliff 36 Eastborough Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th A guided tour at 10.30am Maximum of 20 on the Saturday 10th 10am-4pm open to visit 11.00 am to 4.00 pm open to visit tour. Pre-booking essential 01723 384503 Converted in 1884 from a private house by David Learn about Scarborough’s rich maritime heritage Stephen Joseph Theatre - Westborough Petch, architect. Building possibly has an 18th century Scarborough North Bay Railway Listed Grade II Art Deco core. Legend has it that masonry was practiced in Sunday 11th 10 am to 12 noon Thursday 9th & Friday 10th Scarborough as far back as 1625. Tours at 10.00, 10.30, 11.00 and 11.30 1:00pm Meet in the entrance foyer for a backstage RAF Staxton Wold, Air Defence Station Behind the scenes tour of the engine sheds of North tour. Pre-booking essential 01723 370541 Maximum Thursday 8th & Friday 9th Bay Miniature Railway. of 25 per tour. The official RAF description states that RAF Staxton Meet at the station booking hall in Northstead Manor Trinity House – St Sepulchre St Wold has been used as an early warning station since Gardens. Maximum of 25 people per tour. Pre-booking Saturday 10th September Listed Grade II* the 3rd Century AD, when it was the site of a warning essential 01723 384503 10.00 am-4.00 pm open to visit beacon. It was first used as a radar station in 1937, Scarborough Spa Grand Hall & Theatre Founded 1602, this building is one of only four Trinity when it was set up as part of the Chain Home system. Sunday 11th 1 to 4pm Listed Grade II* Houses in the country. It is the only one of the original stations still in use, Visit the Spa Theatre and Grand Hall. Visit the Board room and courtyard garden. and may thus claim to be the oldest continuously In 2005, the listed status of the Spa was upgraded from Westborough Methodist Church serving radar station. Maximum of 6 per tour at 10am, grade II to II* to reflect its status as a nationally 11am,1pm & 2pm Pre-booking essential 01723 384503 Westborough Listed grade II significant seaside Spa complex which incorporates work Thursday 8th to Saturday 10th from 12 Rotunda, the William Smith Museum of from Henry Wyatt, Sir Joseph Paxton, Verity & Hunt and Geology –Vernon Road Listed Grade II* noon to 4pm Sunday 11th from 2pm to 4pm Sir Edwin Cooper. The recent improvements will ensure Guides available. Mobility access good. Built in 1862 Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th its future success as a place of entertainment. this is considered to be the best work of local 10.00 am-5.00 pm Admission Free Scarborough Town Hall architect William Baldwin Stewart. The Rotunda is very much part of Scarborough’s Saturday 10th Listed Grade II Woodend Creative Workspace -The heritage and a landmark within the town. Guided tours by Chris Hall, Conservation Officer at Saturday 10th Crescent Saturday 10 September only 9:30am, 10:30am and 11:30am Listed Grade II* Balcony tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm with Chris Hall, Maximum 20 per tour Tours last about 45 minutes Conservation Officer. Maximum of 10 per tour. Not Built as a private house in 1852 for John Woodall to 11.00 am-3.00 pm open to visit suitable for people with limited mobility. designs by Henry Wyatt,architect. Greatly extended Home of the Sitwell family for many years. Visit the Length of tour 20/25 minutes 1901-02 to form the Town Hall to designs by Harry W Sitwell Library. The house was the birthplace of Edith Pre-booking essential 01723 384503 Smith, Borough Engineer Sitwell in 1887 and played a strong role in the literary Pre-booking essential on 01723 384503 lives of Sir George’s children (Osbert, Edith and Sacheverell)