The Manor House is located at Hall Green West Bromwich
and is a timber framed building which was erected by the
de Marnham family in the late 13th century. At that time
this was their agricultural estate in what is today West
Bromwich.
Of the original complex only the Great Hall survives.
It was heavily extended and modernised over the years
to the extent that in 1790 it was described as a large
pile of irregular half-timbered buildings, black and white,
and surrounded with numerous out-houses and lofty walls.
By the 1950s it was hidden behind cladding and plastering
and narrowly escaped demolition in the 1950s. Fortunately
however West Bromwich Corporation saved the building and
carried out extensive restoration on the House. Today
the Manor House is used as a bar and restaurant.
