From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage problems forced them to sell it. However, it was still oc-
cupied by them as tenants when it was acquired in 1892
by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, which removed lat-
er additions and alterations. In 1969 the cottage was bad-
ly damaged in a fire, but was restored by the Trust.[1] It is
now open to public visitors as a museum.
Replicas
Full size replicas of Anne Hathaway’s cottage have been
built around the world:
• Bedfordale, Western Australia, Australia Where the
replica is run as a bed and breakfast Hathaways
cottage B+B
Delphiniums, hollyhocks and dahlias in the "cottage
garden" (photo 2006) • English Inn, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• Odessa College, Texas, United States
Type House
Managed by Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Sculpture Trail at Anne Hath-
Public access yes
away’s Cottage
Museum yes
Region
Address Shottery
Warwickshire
England
Website www.shakespeare.org.uk
52°11′26″N 1°43′56″W / 52.1906°N 1.7321°W / 52.1906;
-1.7321Coordinates: 52°11′26″N 1°43′56″W / 52.1906°N
1.7321°W / 52.1906; -1.7321
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage is the former childhood home
of Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare. The
house is situated in village of Shottery, Warwickshire,
England, and about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Stratford-
upon-Avon.
Although it is often called a cottage, it is, in fact,
a spacious twelve-roomed farmhouse, with several bed-
rooms, now set in extensive gardens. The earliest part
of the house was built prior to the 15th century. The
cottage was known as Newlands Farm in Shakespeare’s
day and had more than 90 acres (36 hectares) of land at-
tached to it. As in many houses of the period, it has mul-
tiple chimneys to spread the heat evenly throughout the
house during winter. The largest chimney was used for
cooking. It also has visible timber framing, a trademark
of vernacular Tudor style architecture. • History Play
After the death of Anne’s father, the cottage was by Jane Lawrence
owned by her brother Bartholomew, and was passed • Titania and Bottom
down the Hathaway family until 1846, when financial by Gemma Smith
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• Falstaff, What is Honour
by Niels Helvig Thorsen
• King Lear • Hamlet: What Wilt Thou Do For Her
by Eve Pomerantz by Michele Firpo-Cappiello
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Brutus
by Isaac Graham
References
[1] Shakespeare Bithplace Trust: Anne Hathaway’s
Cottage
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