Historic Buildings in Warwickshire

Near Stratford, and reachable on foot if you don't mind a bit of a walk, is the village of Shottery. Here you will find the small thatched house known as Anne Hathaway's Cottage, the home of Shakespeare's wife before their marriage. Aside from its connection with Shakespeare, Anne Hathaway's Cottage is notable as an excellent example of a half-timbered Elizabethan yeoman's house and is well worth visiting in its own right.
22 Cottage Lane, Shottery, Warwickshire, England, CV37 9HH

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One of Stratford's 'Shakespeare Houses', Hall's Croft is a 16th-century timber-framed house named after Dr John Hall, who married William Shakespeare's daughter Susanna in 1607. Susanna and Dr Hall moved from Hall's Croft to New Place after Shakespeare's death in 1616. The Croft now houses displays on the practice of medicine in the Tudor period and is furnished in typical Tudor and Stuart style. It is a very short stroll from Hall's Croft to the church of Holy Trinity, where Shakespeare is buried.
Stratford-upon-Avon town centre, Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, CV37 6BG

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A striking circular dovecote, dating to the 14th century. Kinwarton is one of a very few circular dovecotes in England, and a very fine example. It was originally part of a moated grange belonging to Evesham Abbey, but it is now the only remaining relic from the grange. We do know that a certain Robert Green gifted a dovecote to Abbot William de Boys of Evesham, but we do not know for certain that this is the same dovecote.
Kinwarton, Alcester, Warwickshire, England, B49 6HB

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Heritage Highlight: A rare circular medieval English dovecote

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In 1571 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, converted a set of medieval guild buildings just inside the West Gate of the town into a home for old and infirm soldiers. This complex of buildings became collectively known as Lord Leycester's Hospital. The hospital survives as a marvellous set of timber-framed buildings, some of the best-preserved and most attractive medieval buildings in Warwickshire.
60 High Street, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, CV34 4BH

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The childhood home of Mary Arden, mother of playwright William Shakespeare. This picturesque late Tudor house shows how a typical family of the time would have lived. The house is located at Wilmscote, about 3 miles from Stratford-upon-Avon. On the same site are two Tudor farmhouses, a dovecote, stables, a cider mill, and several other timber-framed outbuildings.
Station Road, Wilmscote, Warwickshire, England, CV37 9UN

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Nash's House is a beautiful timber-framed building in the centre of historic Stratford-upon-Avon. It was the home of William Shakespeare's granddaughter, Elizabeth. The house stands immediately beside the site of Shakespeare's own home of New Place. While New Place itself is now little more than foundations and a pretty garden, Nash's House is a wonderfully complete and atmospheric historic building.
Chapel Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, CV37 6EP

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Only the foundations remain of the brick house that was William Shakespeare's home from 1610 until his death in 1616. Shakespeare purchased New Place in 1597 but did not occupy it for another 13 years. After his death, the house was occupied by the playwright's daughter Susanna and her husband Dr John Hall, and probably by Shakespeare's wife, Anne. Only the foundation walls of the house can be seen, surrounded by a Tudor knot garden. New Place is accessed through Nash's House, a timber-framed local history museum.
Chapel Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, CV37 6EP

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In this timber-framed house on Henley Street in the heart of Stratford, playwright William Shakespeare was born. The house has been restored to its original condition and shows what life was like in the late 16th century. There is a modern visitor centre attached to the house where you can learn about Shakespeare's life and times.
Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, CV37 6QW

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When William Shakespeare was a child he attended school in a chamber within the timber-framed Guildhall erected on Church Street by the Guild of the Holy Cross. The chamber where Shakespeare attended lessons is still used as a schoolroom by students of King Edward VI School, an exclusive public school.
Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, CV37 6HB

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Heritage Highlight: See William Shakespeare's historic Tudor schoolroom

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East Gate is one of two surviving medieval gates giving access to the walled town of Warwick. It was erected at least as early as the 14th century. Over the gateway arch is a chapel, added around 1426, and above that is a striking crenellated clocktower.
Castle Hill, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, CV34 4ST

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century gateway

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