New Place
House in Stratford-upon-Avon associated with William Shakespeare / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about Shakespeare's house in Stratford-upon-Avon. For the Lutyens House in Hampshire, see New Place, Shirrell Heath.
New Place was William Shakespeare's final place of residence in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died there in 1616. The whole building was demolished by Francis Gastrell, vicar of Frodsham, Cheshire, in 1759. It was never rebuilt and only the foundations remain.
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Address | Chapel Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England |
OS grid reference | SP 201 548 |
Completed | 1483 |
Demolished | 1759 |
Client | Sir Hugh Clopton |
Owner | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (site) |
Website | |
https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/visit/shakespeares-new-place/ |
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Though the house no longer exists, the site is owned by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, which maintains it as a specially-designed garden for tourists.