Anne Hathaway's Cottage

Anne Hathaway's Cottage
Delphiniums, hollyhocks and dahlias in the "cottage garden" (2011)
General information
Address	Shottery, Warwickshire, England
Coordinates	52°11′26″N 1°43′53″W / 52.19065°N 1.7315°WCoordinates: 52°11′26″N 1°43′53″W / 52.19065°N 1.7315°W
Owner	Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Website
www.shakespeare.org.uk/visit-the-houses/anne-hathaways-cottage-amp-gardens

Anne Hathaway's Cottage is a twelve-roomed farmhouse where Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare, lived as a child in the village of Shottery, Warwickshire, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Stratford-upon-Avon. Spacious, and with several bedrooms, it is now set in extensive gardens.

The earliest part of the house was built prior to the 15th century; the higher part is 17th century. The house was known as Hewlands Farm in Shakespeare's day and had more than 90 acres (36 hectares) of land attached to it; to call it a cottage is really a misnomer, as it is much larger than the term usually means. As in many houses of the period, it has multiple chimneys to spread the heat evenly throughout the house during winter. The largest chimney was used for cooking. It also has visible timber framing, typical of vernacular Tudor architecture.

After the death of Hathaway's father, the cottage was owned by her brother Bartholomew, and was passed down the Hathaway family until 1846, when financial problems forced them to sell it. However, it was still occupied by them as tenants when it was acquired in 1892 by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, which removed later additions and alterations. In 1969 the cottage was badly damaged in a fire, but was restored by the Trust.^[1] It is now open to the public as a museum.

Replicas

Anne Hathaways Cottage and garden

Full size replicas of Anne Hathaway's cottage have been built around the world:

• Bedfordale, Western Australia, Australia
• English Inn, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• Odessa College, Texas, United States
• Staunton, Virginia^{[2] [3]}

Sculpture Trail at Anne Hathaway's Cottage and Garden

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  History Play
  by Jane Lawrence

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  Titania and Bottom
  by Gemma Smith

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  King Lear
  by Eve Pomerantz

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  Falstaff, What is Honour
  by Niels Helvig Thorsen

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  Hamlet: What Wilt Thou Do For Her
  by Michele Firpo-Cappiello

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  Brutus
  by Isaac Graham

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  Garden path

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  Garden path

References

1. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: Anne Hathaway's Cottage
2. "Hathaway Cottage Could Help Staunton Bring in Cash". WHSV-TV. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
3. http://www.anne-hathaways-cottage.com/