Three
and a half miles outside Stratford and still retaining its country
setting in Wilmcote, this timbered Tudor farmhouse is the house that
Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, grew up in before marrying John
Shakespeare and moving to Henley Street.
It is also home to the Shakespeare countryside museum, two historic
farms, displays of farm implements, daily demonstrations by the Heart
of England falconry, a blacksmith's forge and a duckpond.
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Mary Arden's House Stratford |
The
complex is served by the Stratford Hop on Hop Off service or you could
take the train between Stratford and Wilmcote..
The building is appropriately constructed using oak from the nearby
Arden forest and stone from Wilmcote itself. The house has an intriguing,
fairytale atmosphere with uneven walls, irregular handmade tiles and
tiny dormer windows.
The
house has been continually inhabited by farmers, insuring that the
outbuildings remain largely intact. Outdoor attractions include
a dovecote with 657 nesting holes, cowsheds, stables, a cidermill
and barns. The outbuildings and nearby Glebe Farm now house an extensive
museum illustrating rural life over the last 400 years.
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Visiting
Shakespeare's Properties & Attractions
There are five houses in or near Stratford-upon-Avon connected with
William Shakespeare and his family.
In the same context there is also Holy Trinity Church where Shakespeare
is buried.
The Shakespearean properties offer a unique experience of the Stratford
world in which the famous dramatist and poet was born, lived and
died.
Open all year round, these sixteenth-century houses feature rare
period furnishings and domestic items. Aspects of Tudor life, are
on display, all set in attractive gardens and grounds.
You can buy a single ticket giving access to all properties.
The Stratford
Upon Avon hop on hop off bus connects them all and offers combo
tickets combining the bus service with admission to either 3 or
5 of the Shakespeare properties.
The five properties are: |
Shakespeare's
Birthplace
New Place/Nash's
House
Hall's Croft
Anne Hathaway's
Cottage
Mary Arden's
House
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William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and grew up. Exhibition centre.
Shakespeare's home from 1597 until his death in 1616
Where Shakespeare's eldest daughter (Susanna) lived.
Before marrying William Shakespeare in 1582, Anne Hathaway lived here.
On edge of Stratford
The house that Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, grew up in, 4 miles
outside Stratford. |
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