About Bishops House
Bishops’ House in Sheffield is considered the oldest building in the city. This timber-framed house was built around 1500 and takes its name from two brothers who built it and later went on to become bishops. Since 1976, the historic property has housed a museum that offers visitors a glimpse into the past. The rooms display exhibits from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, giving you an authentic impression of life in those times. The site thus combines architectural history with a fitting thematic collection.
Based on the article “Bishops’ House” from the German Wikipedia, summarized and rephrased by a language modelLicense CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Category
- Museum › History museums
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- Address
- Norton Lees Ln
S8 9BE Sheffield, United Kingdom - District
- Sheffield
- Phone
- +441142588610
- Website
- www.bishopshouse.org.uk
- enquiries@bishopshouse.org.uk
- Coordinates
- 53.35122° N · -1.47026° E
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- confidence 1.00
- Identifier
- ID 885e168a-1cf…
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16th-century Grade-II* listed timber frame house, managed as a museum and events venue by friendly and knowledgeable volunteers. There are exhibitions on life during the Stuart era, and period-decorated rooms. The historical investigations are ongoing and in 2017, ring-dating of the house's timber framing dropped the bombshell that this was never the residence of bishops, as had long been thought.
Source: Wikivoyage, „Sheffield“ · authors per page history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · as of 10/16/2017