Building record 0186301000 - SHAKESPEARE FARMHOUSE

Summary

Sixteenth to seventeenth century inn linked with Shakespeare, now a farmhouse

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  • Listed Building

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  • FARMHOUSE (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD? to 1999 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 20m, Width 9m.
Plan Form - Rectangular.
Former 'Ship Inn' now afarmhouse, where Shakespeare supposedly wrote 'Midsummer Night's Dream' (SEE 00:000)(B1-7).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC26951 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 1). Volume 1. p257.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. pp384-385.
  • <3>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. p131.
  • <4>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p51.
  • <5>SBC19811 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Aylesbury Vale: Parishes of Boarstall &C.
  • <6>SBC1105 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER,1918.
  • <7>SBC10479 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS 1979 1:2500 MAP. Paper. 1:2,500.

Location

Grid reference SP 67848 20858 (point)
Civil Parish GRENDON UNDERWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13596)

Record last edited

Nov 7 2024 2:57PM

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