Oak House is a large and picturesque timber framed Yeoman's house dating back to the 16th century, with brick extensions from the mid 17th century. It is one of the finest timber framed buildings in the Midlands, and is a remarkable survival in a region transformed by industry in the 18th and 19th centuries.
It is thought to have been named after a large Oak tree which stood in front of the house until early last century, although its name may equally derive from the oak woodlands which originally surrounded the house.
When Oak House was built the centre of West Bromwich was about a mile and a half to the North comprising a small cluster of buildings around All Saints, the medieval parish church. The church still stands, with some of its original fabric intact. In the scattered rural parish there were a number of small hamlets of which Lyndon was the largest. “Bromwich Heath” covered a vast expanse of land between Lyndon and Oak House over the present High Street, and open fields straddled the Walsall Road around Lyndon and north to Stone Cross.
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