The Old Manor . House of Stowheath. now
The The
old
Old
Manor . House now
Greyhound and High Street
of
Punch BG-.V! Bilston..
Stowheath. Inn
This ancient half timbered structure was at one time the Manor House of Stowheath . It was erected according to the date on one of the "beams in one of the upper rooms in the year 1458. This structure is without doubt the oldest house now standing in the Town of Bilstcn. It is a very fine specimen of the Tudor period with its many Cables with its oak timbers picked out in black and white. The house ha3 oaken floors and staircases, with its low ceilings queerly shaped rooms .With its many recesses oddly placed and its f l o r r s of d i f f e r e n t levels. One wing only of this grand old house now remains At one time it had an old bibble square and a 3; very curious rare antique Oriel window looked down upon it. This quaint old building has a very fine Arabesque ceiling of the Queen Anne period .ioulded in bold S^lfcti relief of a design of Birds . F5 Iruit and vine leaves interspersed with oaken massive "beams This ceiling was at one time pain tec in colours but is now self coloured. s This is one of fev< specimens that remain in England The other one is at Blickling in N o r f o l k , as far as we have knowledge of. It has an oak panel" ed room with a carved frieze round it . It has a very fine old oak fireplace beautifully carved with flowers and figures. and at the bach of the old fashioned grate are some genuine old Dutch tiles in splendid preservation® The old manor h o u s e - w a s formerly the Home of the Mcllesley ( latterly called the Moseley family .When the commissioners of Henry VIII came to" Bilstcn to enquire intc, the state of St Leonards Church they stayed at this house
The Manor House was sold during the civil wars arid then became the Home of the Green family -.vhose son was a Captain of cavelry in the Royal Array and fought in the b a t t l e of \Vorcestf. ter where he was slain. Later on it was occupied by the Lin ton family who was a maker of shoe buckles and carried on the business at High St Bilston The buckle industry at that time was one of the staple industries of D Us ton and one of its raost lucrative ones But it was degraded and dishonoured about a century ago by being c o n v e r t e d into a public house with the sign of the Old Greyhounfl and punch bowl Inn and the court yard turned later on into a pig market on Mondays. Natum&LJy Naturally a f t e r a century of hard usage from 3 the minere and ironworkers. The habitues of its drinking rooms the house is much the worse for the wear and tear and is fast losing every semblance of its former substantial importance The c&iling is in fine preservation and the composition is as hard as stone Tt is in the *• linuor vault where the votaries of Bacchus partake of their usual libations. & Finally if you are i n t e r e s t e d in Oak panelling's and old carved oak fireplaces. T'f you care to see some lovely old Dutch tiles. If you would like to see a cailing of old white plaster in Alto - Relievo work such as is not tc. be met with in halls and mansions of Archaeological reputations .If in short you would like to see an old English dwelling house that would be remarkable anywhere .but is extraordinary here in the very heart of the Black Country. Then by all means make y o u r way to the Old Grey Hound and Punch Bowl inn High S t r e e t Bilstcn . A thing of beauty is a j o y for ever .and its loveliness i n c r e a s e s
old
Old
Manor . House now
Greyhound and High Street
of
Punch BG-.V! Bilston..
Stowheath. Inn
This ancient half timbered structure was at one time the Manor House of Stowheath . It was erected according to the date on one of the "beams in one of the upper rooms in the year 1458. This structure is without doubt the oldest house now standing in the Town of Bilstcn. It is a very fine specimen of the Tudor period with its many Cables with its oak timbers picked out in black and white. The house ha3 oaken floors and staircases, with its low ceilings queerly shaped rooms .With its many recesses oddly placed and its f l o r r s of d i f f e r e n t levels. One wing only of this grand old house now remains At one time it had an old bibble square and a 3; very curious rare antique Oriel window looked down upon it. This quaint old building has a very fine Arabesque ceiling of the Queen Anne period .ioulded in bold S^lfcti relief of a design of Birds . F5 Iruit and vine leaves interspersed with oaken massive "beams This ceiling was at one time pain tec in colours but is now self coloured. s This is one of fev< specimens that remain in England The other one is at Blickling in N o r f o l k , as far as we have knowledge of. It has an oak panel" ed room with a carved frieze round it . It has a very fine old oak fireplace beautifully carved with flowers and figures. and at the bach of the old fashioned grate are some genuine old Dutch tiles in splendid preservation® The old manor h o u s e - w a s formerly the Home of the Mcllesley ( latterly called the Moseley family .When the commissioners of Henry VIII came to" Bilstcn to enquire intc, the state of St Leonards Church they stayed at this house
The Manor House was sold during the civil wars arid then became the Home of the Green family -.vhose son was a Captain of cavelry in the Royal Array and fought in the b a t t l e of \Vorcestf. ter where he was slain. Later on it was occupied by the Lin ton family who was a maker of shoe buckles and carried on the business at High St Bilston The buckle industry at that time was one of the staple industries of D Us ton and one of its raost lucrative ones But it was degraded and dishonoured about a century ago by being c o n v e r t e d into a public house with the sign of the Old Greyhounfl and punch bowl Inn and the court yard turned later on into a pig market on Mondays. Natum&LJy Naturally a f t e r a century of hard usage from 3 the minere and ironworkers. The habitues of its drinking rooms the house is much the worse for the wear and tear and is fast losing every semblance of its former substantial importance The c&iling is in fine preservation and the composition is as hard as stone Tt is in the *• linuor vault where the votaries of Bacchus partake of their usual libations. & Finally if you are i n t e r e s t e d in Oak panelling's and old carved oak fireplaces. T'f you care to see some lovely old Dutch tiles. If you would like to see a cailing of old white plaster in Alto - Relievo work such as is not tc. be met with in halls and mansions of Archaeological reputations .If in short you would like to see an old English dwelling house that would be remarkable anywhere .but is extraordinary here in the very heart of the Black Country. Then by all means make y o u r way to the Old Grey Hound and Punch Bowl inn High S t r e e t Bilstcn . A thing of beauty is a j o y for ever .and its loveliness i n c r e a s e s
