Hiring the Church Hall

The Church Hall, known as the Green School, is available for hire. It is a beautiful, traditional building, which is suitable for number of uses. It has recently been decorated, and renovated inside in part with a brand new kitchen and toilets. There is a large room, in a slight 'L' shape. It is suitable for meetings, groups, and children's parties & can even fit a small bouncy castle inside! There are accessible toilets, a baby change facility, kitchen, screen and WiFi. You'll find a couple of photos of the inside of the building at the bottom of this page.

To hire the hall, it costs just £14 per hour.

If you are interested in booking the hall, please check to see if your preferred date and time is available.

Check the availability of the Church Hall for bookings.

Then contact Roger Clarke on 07902 928782 or greenschool@stguthlacs.org.uk for the Conditions of Hire, to book the building, and with any further questions you might have. Thank you.

Click here for the Booking Form.

The History

The Church Hall is located opposite the Church, on the other side of the road. It was built in 1851 as an elementary school for girls and became known as the Green Coat School. It was built on land donated by the then Rector, Reverend William Hildyard, and Mary Wensor and Elizabeth Molecey who gave money for it to be built and towards its upkeep. In 1874 the building was extended to include young boys. There is a glimpse of what life was like at the Green School in 1928 in this article on the Deepings Heritage website. In 1942 there was a merger with the Boys Endowed and the schools became the Endowed and Green School under one headteacher with the Green School becoming the infants school. By the 1960s, children were taught in the Green School and at various other locations in Market Deeping. Later, in 1967, the William Hildyard Church of England Primary School on Godsey Lane, opened, which provided improved learning facilities. The Diocese of Lincoln then handed responsibility for the Green School to St Guthlac's Church for use by the church and the people of Market Deeping.

The PCC of the Church now maintain the building and have made various improvements to it over the years, in keeping with the building. It is well used by the church and the local community who come for local events, or who book it for groups, meetings or parties.