The Red Lodge is a historic Elizabethan house in Bristol

The Red Lodge, in its long 400 years of history, has been restored several times: it was initially a lodge of the Great House where Queen Elizabeth I once stayed.

It is no coincidence that the Red Lodge is considered the hidden treasure of Bristol and houses the Great Oak Room, one of the most beautiful ancient rooms in the area.

The interior is stunning, with the spiral staircase, the porch of the Great Oak Room, the oak paneling, the plaster ceiling and the carved stone fireplace. On the lower floor are the reception room, the print room. The enclosed garden is one of the pearls of the museum: it is in fact a wonderful example of an Elizabethan-style knot garden and there are plants that could have been found even in the 1600s.

While inside the house a well was also discovered during some works.

In total there are seven rooms on two floors that tell the story of the house, from its Tudor origins to its role as a Victorian women's reformatory: the large oak room, the small oak room, the bedroom (Tudor style); the press room, the living room, the reception (Elizabethan style)