The street frontage of the timber framed house at 26 High Street, dating from 1596, with signs in its ground floor Victorian shop window advertising the sale of the freehold for the property

Date:
24 May 1884
Location:
Harvard House, 26 High Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
Reference:
BL05174
Type:
Photograph (Albumen Print)
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Description

This timber framed house is dated 1596 with the initials AR and TR carved in the wood, standing for Thomas and Ann Rogers. It was also the home of Catherine Rogers, mother of John Harvard, founder of Harvard University. It was later endowed to Harvard University by Chicago millionaire Edward Morris who restored it after purchasing it in 1909.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Tudor Jettied House, Victorian Shop, Tudor Timber Framed House