The farmhouse or cottage is in Shottery, a separate village just outside Stratford-upon-Avon though these days where Stratford ends and Shottery starts is a moot point.
[1] Nikolaus Pevsner & Alexandra Wedgwood, Warwickshire (Penguin, 1966) p. 397
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery
The wife of William Shakespeare, Anne Hathaway, lived in this farmhouse as a child. Parts of the farmhouse (it is a bit big to be a cottage despite the name) date to the fifteenth century or earlier [1] with the upper part seventeenth century. It is a large farmhouse with a hall and two wings and was once attached to ninety acres of farmland. The building remained owned by the Hathaway family until 1846 and since 1892 has been owned by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
The farmhouse or cottage is in Shottery, a separate village just outside Stratford-upon-Avon though these days where Stratford ends and Shottery starts is a moot point.
[1] Nikolaus Pevsner & Alexandra Wedgwood, Warwickshire (Penguin, 1966) p. 397
The farmhouse or cottage is in Shottery, a separate village just outside Stratford-upon-Avon though these days where Stratford ends and Shottery starts is a moot point.
[1] Nikolaus Pevsner & Alexandra Wedgwood, Warwickshire (Penguin, 1966) p. 397
