[1] The house often had events and promenade concerts in the summer for local organisations, or charitable causes linked to the Wesleyan church.

[10] During the early 1920s, when owned by James William Hornsby, the house held charitable events, such as American Tea, for the NSPCC, the Kesteven WI, and Grantham Girl Guides.

[20] His son William was married by John Jagoe, RAF Chaplain-in-Chief from 1944 to 1949, in April 1941 at St Mark's, Mayfair.

Sqn Ldr George Worth MBE (husband of Janet) stood as the Conservative candidate in the 1945 Grantham election.

It was opened on 20 September 1948 by Kesteven County Council[22] In 1949 £33,000 was spent on new workshops for engineering and gas fitting and classrooms.

The first part of the new college, the engineering workshops, was opened on Friday 14 September 1951 by Lt-Gen Sir Ronald Weeks (one of his grandsons is the Dorset Conservative MP Richard Drax).

[24] The building was officially opened on Tuesday 8 September 1959 by the conservationist Sir Peter Scott.

Mary Large, the Chairman of the Kesteven Education Committee, said that more young people preferred to go to college rather than stay in a school sixth form because of the 'more adult atmosphere'.

[citation needed] In April 1974 control of the college passed from Kesteven to Lincolnshire County Council in Lincoln.

[citation needed] Grantham College's Elsham House building was built by Richard Hornsby & Sons in the 1860s.

There were also evening institutes in Claypole, Heckington, Bourne, Billinghay and North Hykeham, at the relevant local schools, run by Kesteven Council.