Historic England
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We are the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England’s spectacular historic environment. House rules: https://t.co/a16GtSXUSa
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William Shakespeare is believed to have been born here #OnThisDay in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.
By the 1840s, it was split into a pub, a butcher’s and a tenement and had severely decayed.
Using an early drawing from 1769, it was extensively restored by the Birthplace Trust.