Description:Audnam House, described by the photographer, Dr J.E.C. Peters, as “On main road south, Audnam, Wordsley”. The house probably dates from the early 18th century.
Primrose Rostron, in her article: 'The Grazebrooks of Audnam' published by the 'Black Country Society', states that a Quaker family named Bradley had by the mid-17th century, built a glasshouse at Audnam. Audnam House was later to be built in front of this. Their bankruptcy led to Lord Ward (of Himley Hall) taking over the glass house and property in 1739 which he then leased to 'Master Glassmaker' Michael Grazebrook (IV), of the Stourbridge glass-making dynasty. In 1751 Michael (IV) took a 99-year lease on Audnam House from Lord Ward. It was to be the home and business office for the Grazebrooks for over a century. Michael Grazebrook (V) moved in on his marriage in 1785, his father having died in 1766. This Michael was also an ironmaster and was chairman of the Stourbridge glassmakers for many years. By 1871 it was the home of Glassmaker William Webb Boulton. The Grazebrooks had sold the Audnam Bank glassworks to the firm of Boulton & Mills in 1863.
In 1891 William Forsell Taylor, an Estate Agent lived there. It stood on what is now the A491 High Street, Audnam. The house no longer exists, however, the property seen on the left remains (2025) and is currently known as Audnam House, presumably taking the name upon demolition of the main property in the mid-60s. The glasshouses had been demolished in the 1930s.