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Bishop Asbury Cottage

Sandwell, West Midlands

Contact

museumarts_tourism@sandwell.gov.uk

0121 556 0683

https://www.sandwell.gov.uk/museums/bishop-asbury-cottage

Opening Times

Open by appointment only for group visits (this attracts a charge and includes an introductory talk).

Facilities

Grade II* listed
Bishop Asbury Cottage
Bishop Asbury

This small, mid 18th century cottage, presented with period furnishings, is the boyhood home of Francis Asbury.

Asbury became the founding father of Methodism in America and was ordained as its first bishop (joint superintendent with Thomas Coke, see Coke Memorial Methodist Church, Aberhonddu/Brecon, Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery and Brecon Cathedral.)