Bantock House — Attraction in Wolverhampton

Bantock House contains displays exploring the lives of the Bantock family and other locally important people. On the ground floor, there are displays about the Bantock family and the way they lived. Upstairs, the focus shifts to the men and women who shaped Wolverhampton and the industries they created with displays featuring locally-made enamels, steel jewellery and japanned ware. The museum is unusual in that it avoids for the most part the use of traditional "glass case" displays, and instead presents a "more informal and imaginative setting"; visitors are, for example, encouraged to sit on any furniture they can find. The gardens that surround the house were designed by Albert Baldwin Bantock and in 1998 were restored to his original designs by Wolverhampton City Council, allowing visitors today to see the different spaces Baldwin created. At the back of the house there is a sunken garden called the Dutch Garden. There is also a rose garden, with an array of roses with names such as Blythe Spirit, Chapeau de Napoleon and Glamis Castle, colourful flower borders in the house garden and a woodland garden which now forms part of a nature trail...

Bantock House is a wonderful piece of local history. Nestled in Bantock Park, the house and gardens make for a lovely morning or afternoon out. My favourite rooms are the dining room and the drawing room. Sadly, due to covid restrictions, the dressing up section is still closed but there’s plenty to see for children and adults. In the entrance, there were spider plants for sale in exchange for a donation, and a community bookshelf doing the same. The house is free to enter, but there is a suggested donation of £2.

Once you are finished viewing the house, the Dutch garden is always popular, I love the rose garden, plus there’s always the cafe selling a range of hot and cold food & drinks, and if you’ve got kids, the play area a bit further down.

For a ‘freebie’ it’s great and I only wish more people visited the place. However, it does host events regularly such as antique fairs, craft fairs and a 1940s weekend usually in the September I believe but it’s been a few years since I...

Bantock house used to be the family home of the Bantock family, who created gardens around the house and raised cattle on the surrounding fields. Today the house is work in progress, partly restored to it's Edwardian splendour and part local history museum.

The gardens are also well cared for and being returned to their previous Edwardian layout. There is a splendid small cafe and many just go there for a coffee, sandwich, snack and a chat. The house is surrounded by what used to be farm fields but this has now been changed to other things. There is a children's play area with swings, slides and roundabouts. There is a fitness area for adults to work out if they wish. There is an extensive Pitch and Putt course. Also large open space to walk around and exercise the dog! It is very popular with local families. The car park is free and often becomes full during busy summer days. If you are in the area and looking for a nice half day out then Bantock Park is...