Shakespeare's England . so, in fancy, tothe region of the old college building, de-molished in 1799, which stood in thesouthern part of Stratford, and was thehome of his friend John Combe, factor ofFulke Greville, Earl of Warwick. Stillanother of his walks must have tendednorthward through Welcombe, where hewas the owner of land, to the portly manorof Clopton, or to the home of William,nephew of John-a-Combe, which stoodwhere the Phillips mansion stands what is called the Ancient House,which stands on the west side of HighStreet, he may often liave looked, as hestrolled past to the Red
Shakespeare's England . so, in fancy, tothe region of the old college building, de-molished in 1799, which stood in thesouthern part of Stratford, and was thehome of his friend John Combe, factor ofFulke Greville, Earl of Warwick. Stillanother of his walks must have tendednorthward through Welcombe, where hewas the owner of land, to the portly manorof Clopton, or to the home of William,nephew of John-a-Combe, which stoodwhere the Phillips mansion stands what is called the Ancient House,which stands on the west side of HighStreet, he may often liave looked, as hestrolled past to the Red Horse. That pic-turesque building, dated 1596, survives,notwithstanding some modern touches ofrehabilitation, as a beautiful specimen ofTudor architecture in one at least of itsmost charming traits, the carved and tim-ber-crossed gable. It is a house of threestories, containing parlour, sitting-room,kitchen, and several bedrooms, besidescellars and brew-shed ; and when sold atauction, August 23, 187G, it brought £ Stratford Church. SHAKESPEARE S HOME. 157 In that house was born the mother of JohnHarvard, wlio founded Harvard are other dwellings fully as old inStratford, but they have been covered withstucco and otherwise changed. This is agenuine piece of antiquity and it vies with thegrammar-school and the hall of the Guild,under the pent-house of which the poet wouldpass whenever he went abroad from NewPlace. Julius Shaw, one of the five wit^-nesses to his will, lived in the house next tothe present New Place Museum, and there,it is reasonable to think, Shakespeare wouldoften pause, for a word with his friend andneighbour. In the little streets by theriver-side, which are ancient and redolentof the past, his image seems steadily fa-miliar. In Dead Lane (once also calledWalker Street, now called Chapel Lane) heowned a cottage, bought of Walter Getleyin 1002, and only destroyed within thepresent century. These and kindred shredsof fact, suggesting the po
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