The Old house is a well preserved example of a 17th century timber-framed building situated in the heart of Hereford. Built in 1621, the house has been used for many purposes over the years, starting life as a butcher’s home and shop and finishing its commercial life in the hands of Lloyds Bank in the late 1920s. Since 1929 it has been a fascinating museum, giving an insight into daily life in Jacobean times.

The house is furnished in period style on three floors with a fine collection of English oak furniture. Of particular interest to many visitors are the rare wall paintings, the four-poster bed and the baby-walkers. There is also an oil portrait of Sir Henry and Lady Alice Lingen who were local Royalists during the Civil War.