The Red Lodge Museum is one of Bristol’s lesser-known, yet fascinatingly obscure sites, hidden away off the old and uneven Lodge Street and approached via a beautifully groomed, small hedge garden. It guides visitors on an oak-paneled tour through Britain’s household and educational history. The museum’s interior is totally contained within the grounds of the home. The first part, which is divided into three divisions, contains the oldest rooms in Bristol. All of these old dwelling quarters date from the beginning of the living compound’s existence. The Red Lodge began as a great house belonging to a wealthy Bristolian merchant named Sir John Younge, built around the year 1570, which was later expanded to include the White Lodge on the house’s eastern side, and the museum’s eponymous Red Lodge just up the hill, built on the site of a former Carmelite monastery dating back to 1538. The so-called “Great Oak Room” on the grounds of the current museum is the most exemplary of what are regarded to be Bristol’s three oldest rooms.