Glass Museum Broadfield House Glass Museum, on Compton Drive, was housed in a
Grade II listed building set in its own grounds, and formed part of the historic Stourbridge Glass Quarter. It had a notable collection of British glass, much of it made locally, from historic 18th-century pieces to contemporary works from Britain's leading glass artists. Plans to retain the collection at Broadfield House were shattered and the museum eventually closed in September 2015, to make way for a new glass museum in nearby Wordsley. The Broadfield Glass museum closed before 2020 and exhibits were transferred to the new Glass Museum situated opposite the Wordsley Cone approx 1 mile away.
Holbeche House Near Kingswinford is
Holbeche House, a small country house which has now been turned into a
nursing home although as of August 2023 is boarded up. It was here in 1605 that most of the men who had attempted to blow up Parliament with
Guy Fawkes were cornered, and a bloody gunfight ensued, resulting in the deaths of at least four of the
conspirators, including their leader
Robert Catesby. Bullet holes can still be seen in the house's walls, but it is not open to the public. Many of the streets of the Charterfields housing development, built during the 1970s, adopted the names of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, such as Catesby Drive (
Robert Catesby), Digby Road (Sir
Everard Digby), Keyes Drive (
Robert Keyes), Tresham Road (
Francis Tresham), Ambrose Crescent (
Ambrose Rokewood), Monteagle Drive (
Lord Monteagle – William Parker) and Rokewood Close (
Ambrose Rokewood).
The Cross Inn Located in the heart of Kingswinford on the corner of Moss Grove and the High Street lies The Cross Inn. The building was Grade II listed in the 1970s. First recorded in the 1750 parish map, it was owned in the early 19th century by Diana Briscoe of Summerhill House. The pub was purchased from a previous owner by
Wetherspoons in 2019.
Townsend There is an area at the end of Kingswinford which has been known as Townsend dating back to 19th century maps of the area. It was centred on Townsend House, the family seat of the Badley family from the 17th until the early 20th century. The
Georgian house was demolished in the 1950s to build a shopping precinct. John Badley of Townsend (1678–1768) was an ancestor of
John Badley,
F.R.C.S. and
John Haden Badley the
centenarian educator and founder of
Bedales School.
Local churches The
parish church of St. Mary dates back to the 11th century, although much of the main body of the building is from the 17th century. It contains a notable
Norman carving of
St. Michael slaying the
dragon. The church is also home to a well-regarded two manual Nicholson and Lord
pipe organ. It remained the church of the huge parish of Kingswinford until it was closed because of mining activities in 1831, when a new parish church was built, Holy Trinity Church in
Wordsley. It reopened in 1846, initially as a
chapel of ease, before regaining
parochial status (with a smaller parish). It is the parish church for the Kingswinford Team of
Anglican churches. The building is now a
Grade II listed building. The churchyard contains
Commonwealth war graves of four service personnel of
World War I and six of
World War II. In addition to the parish church, Kingswinford is also home to several churches of other denominations, including: • Our Lady of Lourdes R.C. Church • Arise Church UK • Crestwood Church • Kingswinford Methodist Church • Kingswinford Christian Fellowship ==Transport==