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Oak House Museum - guided tours

Oak House Museum, 190 Oak Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 8HJ

  • Multiple dates available
  • In person
  • Book on day

Join us for a guided tour of this fantastic building and the facinating story of its inhabitants in the 1600s. The Oak House was built in the early to mid 1600s by the up and coming Turton family who were farmers and industrialists.

Oak House is the timber framed home of a wealthy West Bromiwch farmer and ironmonger at the front back the additions at the back built 30 years later in the 1650s tell of a lower gentry family. Come on our guided tour and discover this fabulous and fascinating building and the Turton family who lived there in the 1600s, their connections to the Civil War and how they got their money. Discover and explore this amazing survival in the middle of industrial Victorian and Edwardian terrace houses.

Timings & Tours

Sunday 08 September:
Guided tours 11.15am and 12.30pm (house open 11am-2pm for free flow)
Tuesday 10 September:
Guided tours 12pm and 2pm (house open 11am-4pm)

Location & directions

Oak House Museum, 190 Oak Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 8HJ

Directions:
Entrance to the Oak House site is via the gates to the visitor centre on Oak Road. Entrance onto site is on foot only.
Contact on day:
Museum staff on site
Telephone number:
+441215530759

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Book on day
Booking conditions:
Ask at reception on arrival
Booking contact name:
staff on reception

Accessibility details

The visitor centre and grounds are accessible but due to the nature of the house there is limited accessibility for those with mobility issues. If you would like more information call on 0121 553 0759. Sorry we are unable to accommodate pushchairs inside the Oak House

Additional information

Parking is available on Oak Road down the hill fromt he visitor centre, on Cambridge Street or on the pay and display car park on Lodge Rd a 10 minute walk away.

Max no of people per tour:
18
Est. tour duration:
1 hour(s) 15 minute(s)

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