Anne Hathaway’s Cottage currently remains closed to visitors.
Visit Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, the beautiful 500 year old cottage where Shakespeare courted his bride-to-be.
See original furniture including the Hathaway bed and uncover five centuries of stories in this picturesque cottage and 13 generations of the family who lived there.
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. The first Hathaway to live in the cottage was Anne’s grandfather John Hathaway, who was a tenant sheep farmer. Anne, later Shakespeare’s wife, was born in the cottage in 1556.
When the site was a farm it was known as ‘Hewlands’ and the Hathaway family were very successful sheep farmers. The garden would have been a farmyard with some livestock and likely a herb garden.
After the death of Anne’s father in 1581, Anne’s brother Bartholomew inherited the tenancy of the 90-acre farm and later bought it freehold. He went on to make various improvements to the cottage including an extension. The first floor was inserted and the chimneys added at the same time. This work was completed before the death of Bartholomew in 1624.
Location
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
22 Cottage Lane
Shottery
Stratford-upon-Avon,
Warwickshire,
CV37 9HH
Opening Hours
Spring/Summer/Autumn 2019
1 January – 31 March: 10am-4pm
1 April – 27 October: 9am-5pm
Winter 2019 / Spring 2020
28 October 2019 – 29 March 2020: 10am-4pm
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