Information for record number MWA7606:
Shakespeare Hall, Rowington Green

Summary A timber framed house dating from the late Medieval period with various additions through the Post Medieval and Imperial periods. A moat is believed to have surrounded the building at one time. It is situated at Rowington Green.
What Is It?  
Type: House, Timber Framed House, Moat
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Rowington
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 70
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 This monument number was previously used for Rowington Mill. For this monument please refer to WA1771.
2 The oldest part of the house is the centre block, which is flanked by two small gabled wings. The western wing forms a porch which leads into the entrance passage. Later cross wings were added to each side of the main block. Much of the house shows its timbering, but parts have been bricked. About 1900 a further wing was added to the E and the space between the two cross wings, on the garden front, was filled in. Occupation information is noted from 1548 - 1660s. It is marked as building No. 41 on the 1550 - 1650 map in this book.
3 The Hall has developed around an early 16th century structure of close-set framing with a middle hall of one storey flanked by small tow storied gabled wings. In the upper story is a projecting 17th century window of four lights with a transom. The inner entrance has a segmental-arched lintel and has a 16th century nail-studded door. The middle block has a window of four lights and a transom, with projecting frames, in each of the two stories, the upper forming a gabled dormer and dated 1682. Late in the 16th century gabled cross wings of square framing were added, projecting at the back to from a half-H plan. Around this time a central chimney stack was added between the original hall and porch wing. The stack has a wide fire-place on the ground floor and on the first floor is a moulded stone fire-place with a Tudor head. There was formerly a moat around the building.
4 This Hall is reputed to have been one of the houses to which the Shakespeare family spread from its origins in Balsall.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: From Hroca to Anne being a 1000 years in the life of Rowington
Author/originator: Joy Woodall
Date: 1974
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 3, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1945
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 3
   
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Source Type: Internet Data
Title: Shakespeare's Warwickshire Roots
Author/originator:
Date: 2011
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title:
Author/originator: Debbie Langley
Date:
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument FLOOR * A layer of stone, brick or boards, etc, on which people tread. Use broader site type where known. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument MOAT * A wide ditch surrounding a building, usually filled with water. Use for moated sites, not defensive moats. Use with relevant site type where known, eg. MANOR HOUSE, GARDEN, etc. back
monument SQUARE * An open space or area, usually square in plan, in a town or city, enclosed by residential and/or commercial buildings, frequently containing a garden or laid out with trees. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back
monument CROSS * A free-standing structure, in the form of a cross (+), symbolizing the structure on which Jesus Christ was crucified and sacred to the Christian faith. Use specific type where known. back
monument TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE * A house constructed with a basic timber framework; between the members are panels which can be infilled with timber, wattle and daub, plaster, brick or other materials. back
monument CHIMNEY * Chimney used on an industrial or commercial site. back

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