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Anne Hathaway's Cottage is a twelve-roomed farmhouse where Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare, lived as a child in the village of Shottery, Warwickshire, England, about west of Stratford-upon-Avon. Spacious, and with several bedrooms, it is now set in extensive gardens. The earliest part of the house was built prior to the 15th century; the higher part is 17th century. The house was known as Newlands Farm in Shakespeare's day and had more than of land attached to it; to call it a cottage is really a misnomer, as it is much larger than the term usually means. As in many houses of the period, it has multiple chimneys to spread the heat evenly throughout the house during winter. The largest chimney was used for cooking. It also has visible timber framing, typical of vernacular Tudor architecture. After the death of Hathaway's father, the cottage was owned by her brother Bartholomew, and was passed down the Hathaway family until 1846, when financial problems forced them to sell it. However, it was still occupied by them as tenants when it was acquired in 1892 by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, which removed later additions and alterations. In 1969 the cottage was badly damaged in a fire, but was restored by the Trust.〔(Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: Anne Hathaway's Cottage )〕 It is now open to the public as a museum. ==Replicas== Full size replicas of Anne Hathaway's cottage have been built around the world: * Bedfordale, Western Australia, Australia * (English Inn ), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada * Odessa College, Texas, United States * Staunton, Virginia〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/51361122.html )〕 〔http://www.anne-hathaways-cottage.com/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anne Hathaway's Cottage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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