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| Mary Arden's Farm | |
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| Glebe Farm Mary Arden's House | |
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 Interactive map of Mary Arden's Farm | |
| 52°13′15″N 1°45′42″W / 52.2208°N 1.7618°W | |
| Location | Aston Cantlow Road, Wilmcote, Warwickshire, England |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Mary Arden's House and attached dairy |
| Designated | 11 December 1969 |
| Reference no. | 1024575 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Farmbuildings approximately 2 metres north of Mary Arden's House |
| Designated | 11 December 1969 |
| Reference no. | 1184262 |
Mary Arden's Farm, also known as Mary Arden's House or Glebe Farm, is the farmhouse of Mary Shakespeare (née Arden), the mother of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare.[1] Because of confusion about the actual house inhabited by Mary in the mid-sixteenth century, a nearby farm was conserved in the 20th century as "Mary Arden's Farm", but has been subsequently renamed Palmer's Farm. Both are grade I listed and located in the village of Wilmcote, about three miles from Stratford-upon-Avon.[2][3]
Glebe Farm
[edit]The house that belonged to the Arden family is Glebe Farm, near to Palmer's Farm. A more modest building, it had been acquired by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1968 for preservation as part of a farmyard without knowing its true provenance.[4] The building has lost some of its original timber framing and features some Victorian brickwork, but it has been possible to date it through dendrochronology to c.1514.[3]
Palmer's Farm
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A house wrongly identified as Mary Arden's (it actually belonged to a neighbour) was bought by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1930 and refurnished in the Tudor style. This timber-framed house has been maintained in good condition over the centuries.
In 2000, it was discovered that the building preserved as Mary Arden's house had belonged to a friend and neighbour, Adam Palmer, and the house was renamed Palmer's Farm.
Houses and farm
[edit]The houses and farm are presented as a "working Tudor farm".[1] The farm keeps many rare breeds of animals, including Mangalitza and Tamworth pigs, Cotswold sheep, Longhorn cattle, Bagot and Golden Guernsey goats, geese and birds of prey, including a hooded vulture.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Mary Arden's Farm". Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
- ↑ "Palmer's Farmhouse. Wilmcote". British Listed Buildings.
- 1 2 "Mary Arden's House and Attached Dairy". British Listed Buildings.
- ↑ The Shakespeare Houses - The Official Guide, Revised 2008, ISBN 978-0-7117-2949-0
- ↑ "Archived copy". houses.shakespeare.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 August 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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