The premises, on New Road, consist of a house and backyard workshops, typical of the many family run lock making businesses which once thrived in the town.

Lock making skills are demonstrated by volunteers using original tools and equipment, such as the floor press and belt driven machinery.

The house and its adjoining workshops and outbuildings were awarded Grade II listed status by English Heritage in 1984 and 1986.

[6] From the 1920s, the front room of the Locksmith's House was run as a drapers' shop by two of Edgar Hodson's sisters, Edith and Flora.

The Hodson Shop operated until 1971, and the unsold stock forms a rich resource on working class costume, now in the care of Walsall Museum.