Bishop Asbury'S Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. A C18 House, museum.

Bishop Asbury'S Cottage

WRENN ID: shifting-newel-autumn
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Sandwell
Country: England
Type: House, museum
Period: C18
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SANDWELL MB NEWTON ROAD SP 09 SW Great Barr 5/112 Bishop Asbury's Cottage 23.9.55 II

House, now museum. Probably c1700. Brick with tile roof and rendered plinth. One storey with attic, two bays. Windows are casements with glazing bars. On the ground floor they have segmental heads. The attic is lit by dormers. Straight-joints suggest that the ground floor windows have been altered. Doorway at right, with segmental head. Interior: the right hand room has a chamfered axial beam and an inglenook with chamfered bressummer. History: Francis Asbury (1745-1816) lived in the house during his boyhood. In 1771 he emigrated to America, travelled extensively preaching the Methodist message, and in 1784 was made one of two superintendents, or bishops, of the Methodist Episcopal Church of America. (VCH, p 4).

Listing NGR: SP0314993918

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