Mary Arden’s House is the birthplace of William Shakespeare’s mother. She was born here around 1535 when the house would have been about 20 years old. The property has been extensively restored and would have looked quite different from how it is seen today.
Visitors can see how the house has changed through the ages and the tour includes the living room, the dairy, the parlour, the larder and a scullery. The upstairs rooms are empty but analysis of the timbers dates them around 1514.
The outbuildings display horse drawn carts and fully equipped stables. Exhibits in the outbuildings provide a fascinating insight into country life. We visited Mary Arden’s House on ‘Apple Day’ and if you click on the link in the right hand column you can see the traditional costumes and trades that would have been associated with country villages all over the UK until the advent of more modern farming methods.
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