Bishops House

Given that the other review seems to have been taken from Wikipedia, I’ll not describe it again. More info can be found at

Most information seems to be aimed mainly towards children or school groups. There are nice displays and several ‘hands-​on’ opportunities for learning. It’s probably a place to take children, rather than toddlers, as our toddler was a little bored, but we will be taking her again soon.
It also looks like there might be reduced hours to visit in the near future, unfortunately.

Bishops’ House is a half-​timbered house in the Norton Lees district of the City of Sheffield, England. It was built c. 1500. and is located on the southern tip of Meersbrook Park. It is one of the three surviving timber-​framed houses in the city (the others being the Old Queen’s Head and Broom Hall).
It is known as Bishops’ House because it was said to have been built for two brothers. John and Geoffrey Blythe, both of whom became Bishops. There is, however, no evidence that they ever lived in this housethe first known resident being William Blythe, a farmer and scythe manufacturer, who was living here in 1627.
It is a Grade II listed building and has been open as a museum since 1976. It is managed by the Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust, and contains exhibitions on life in the 16^th and 17^th centuries with two rooms decorated in Jacobean Style.
The house is within Meersbrook park, a local and bright woodland park. The House is easily accessed through both bus and car.