Bishop Asbury Cottage (grid reference SP 03150 93920) is a 17th-century[1] cottage on Newton Road, Great Barr, England, known for being the boyhood home of Francis Asbury (1745 – 1816), one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church (now The United Methodist Church) in the United States.
[1] The brewery applied for permission to demolish it, but this was refused at the behest of local councillor Mrs Parfitt, a Methodist, once its history became apparent.
[1] The building was part of a terraced pair, but in 1964 the adjacent, southern, cottage was demolished when Newton Road (designated the A4041) was widened.
[1] A Grade II listed building since September 1955,[4] the cottage is now operated as a museum, furnished in period style, with memorabilia and information relating to Asbury's life in West Bromwich and Great Barr in England and later in the United States.
It also has displays about the rise of Methodism in the surrounding Black Country, and John Wesley's life and times, and visits to the local area.