After almost 440 years of standing proudly on Friar Street, Greyfriars had fallen into disrepair and in the 1930s was threatened with demolition.
Siblings Matley Moore and Elsie Moore, members of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, offered to restore the house and in return for doing so made it their home. In 1949 Matley, Elsie and their mother, Florence, moved in to Greyfriars. They went in search of furniture and decorative items to suit the house and most of the items acquired are still here today.