A view north along Chapel Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, with Nash's House and the site of New Place to the right of frame

Date:
1880 - 1912
Location:
Nash's House, Chapel Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
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New Place Gardens, Chapel Lane, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Stratford-On-Avon, Warwickshire
Shakespeare Garden, Chapel Lane, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Stratford-On-Avon, Warwickshire
New Place Museum, Chapel Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
Reference:
OP09944
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

Nash's House, so named after Thomas Nash, first husband of Shakespeare's granddaughter, was built circa 1600 as a town house and is now in use as the New Place Museum. This photograph shows the house in the late nineteenth century with a Georgian facade replacing its original timber and plaster Tudor frontage. This was removed in 1912 and replaced with a modern mock-Tudor timber-framed and plaster facade, in keeping with the original Tudor building. Adjacent to Nash's House is the site of New Place, the home Shakespeare retired to with his wife Anne Hathaway. New Place was built during the reign of Henry VII and was demolished in 1759, placed by a memorial Shakespeare Garden laid out in the style of a Tudor Knot Garden.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/43 Early Photographic Print Collection: Warwickshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Valentine, James

Person of historic interest/notable pers: Shakespeare, William