New
Place was Shakespeare's home from 1597 until his death in 1616. It
was here after finishing working that Shakespeare retired to. After
Shakespeare's death New House survived until 1759 when it was demolished.
However the foundations of New Place and its grounds can be seen today,
including a beautiful Elizabethan-style knott garden created eighty
years ago.
The site is approached through Nash's House adjoining, which contains
exceptional furnishings of Shakespeare's period. New Place is only
5 minutes walk from Shakespeare's birthplace and is in the centre
of Stratford Upon Avon. |
Nash House Stratford |
The
rooms on the lower level of Nash House include some early seventeenth
century oak furniture. Upstairs, there is an exhibition dealing with
the history of Stratford-upon-Avon before and after Shakespeare.
New House is at the corner of Chapel Lane and Chapel Street, Chapel
Street being an extention of the High Street of Startford Upon Avon.
Close by to Nash House/New Place is the grammar school where Shakespeare
reputedly attended. Just around the corner from New Place is Hall's
Croft, where Shakespeare's eldest daughter (Susanna) lived. |
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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
| Where
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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