It is thought that it was built in 1450 as Stoke Heath Manor House (with present timber framing dated to c.1450 to prove this), with a John De Mollesley being the first incumbent.

[3] The rear room has a well-preserved 16th century carved overmantel, although it is probably not in situ anymore and has been moved from its original location.

[4][5] When the Commissioners of Henry VIII came to Bilston to enquire into the state of St. Leonard's Church during the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536–1541), they stayed at the manor house.

[6] The house was sold during the English Civil War to John Green, whose son died during the Battle of Worcester (3 September 1651).

[3] On 20 June 1952 Historic England designated The Greyhound and Punchbowl as a Grade II* listed building.