Nash's House
Nash's House | |
Warwickshire | |
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The front of Nash's House | |
Type: | Town house |
Location | |
Grid reference: | SP201547 |
Location: | 52°11’27"N, 1°42’26"W |
Town: | Stratford-upon-Avon |
History | |
Address: | Chapel Street |
Built approx. 1600 | |
Town house | |
Timber framed | |
Information | |
Owned by: | The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust |
Nash's House, on Chapel Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, is the house next door to the ruins and gardens of William Shakespeare's final residence, New Place. It is a Grade I listed building,[1] and has been converted into a museum.
The house was built around 1600 and belonged to Thomas Nash,.[1] who was the first husband of William Shakespeare's granddaughter Elizabeth Barnard. He lived most of his life in Stratford-upon-Avon, and was the dominant male figure amongst Shakespeare's senior family line after the death of Dr John Hall, Shakespeare's son-in-law, in 1635.
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust acquired New Place and Nash's House in 1876. The museum traces the history of Stratford-upon-Avon from the earliest settlers in the Avon Valley to Shakespeare's time.[2]
Outside links
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Nash's House) |
- Nash's House - Official Website
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nash's House (New Place Museum) - British Listed Buildings
- ↑ Nash's House / New Place – Stratford Attractions