Shaw's Corner
N 51° 50.161 W 000° 16.095
30U E 688203 N 5746328
George Bernard Shaw rented the New Rectory in 1906. Before buying it in 1920 and renaming it Shaw's Corner.
Waymark Code: WM3FDW
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/29/2008
Views: 18
Originally built as a large red brick house in 1902, the Church of England eventually decided that the house was too large for this tiny parish, and it was let to Bernard and Charlotte Shaw from November 1906. They bought it outright in 1920, paying £6,220 for the house and its land. The Shaws did little to change the house. In the garden is the revolving hut where the playwright wrote. The rooms are little changed from when Shaw died in 1950.
Shaw's Corner is only their country residence. They kept a residence in London at 29 Fitzroy Square. For a socialist, Shaw kept a Rolls Royce and a Landchester cars.
Shaw died here and his ashes were mixed together with Charlotte's, before being scattered in the garden.
The parking area is the old vegetable garden, about 50 metres west.
The address of property, including Postcode.:
Shaw's Corner
Ayot St Lawrence,
near Welwyn,
Hertfordshire
AL6 9BX
Telephone: 01438 829221 (Infoline)
The charges to visitors and opening hours.:
Open March 15 2008 to 2 November 2008
(Open earlier this year than expected.)
Standard charges
Adult £4.95, child £2.50, family £12.40. Groups £3.80, child £1.90.
Half-price admission to cyclists and taxibus users.
Parking on site.
Web page: [Web Link]
Parking place (optional): N 51° 50.165 W 000° 16.172
References:
Astoft
Hertfordshire.com
Wikipedia
National Trust member: no
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