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Visit Anne Hathaway's Cottage, the family home of Anne Hathaway, William Shakespeare’s wife-to-be. It is here that Anne was born and raised and where the young Shakespeare would have visited her during the early part of their relationship.
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Located a mile and a half outside of Stratford-upon-Avon in...
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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.
Located a mile and a half outside of Stratford-upon-Avon in Shottery, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage is a thatched house nestled in an idyllic cottage garden. The building was the childhood home of William Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway.
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Anne Hathaway’s Cottage was built as a farmhouse in 1463 and initially consisted of just 3 rooms, 2 of which still survive today in the form of the kitchen and parlour. Anne’s grandfather John Hathaway was the first to live there as a tenant sheep farmer, and Anne herself was born there in 1556. Following her father Richard’s death in 1581, Anne’s ...
Today Anne Hathaway’s Cottage hosts a range of fascinating items and stories to discover. Highlights include a 17th century chair gifted to the Hathaway family by Anne and Shakespeare’s granddaughter, and the ornate Hathaway Bed made between 1580 and 1650. Outside, the sculpture garden features works inspired by Shakespeare’s most beloved plays, wh...
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage is located in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, just off the A46. Stratford-upon-Avon train station is a 25-minute walk away, while the 27 bus service and Johnsons Coaches tour bus stop directly outside.
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Ellen Willmott transformed the grounds of Anne Hathaway's Cottage into an iconic example of the romantic cottage garden. Discover the stories of this iconic English country cottage.
Anne Hathaway's Cottage. Anne Hathaway’s Cottage was originally a farmhouse. It was built in 1463 of cruck construction, when the building would have comprised of just three rooms. The kitchen and parlour still remain from the original medieval construction.
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage was the family home of Shakespeare’s wife. When the Trust bought the property in 1892 a descendant of the family, Mary Baker, was still a tenant and stayed to welcome visitors until her death.
