Featured in episode 123: The History of New Place
Here are three images to help you visualize Shakespeare’s house in Stratford-Upon-Avon, New Place.
The first is a view of the site as it stands today. The side of the house you can see is the next door property, Nash’s House, which houses the current New Place Exhibition. The garden area in the foreground is part of the site of New Place, where the house once stood. This is only part of the garden, which stretches back towards the river Avon to make an extensive garden.
The second picture is a sketch drawing by George Vertue from contemporary descriptions when he visited Stratford-upon-Avon in 1737. By this time the Shakespeare period house had already been demolished.
The third picture is an artist’s impression of what the Shakespeare period house might have looked like, based on the archeology carried out on the site by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
You can find out more details about the site and how it can be visited on their website: https://www.shakespeare.org.uk
