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International Business Times UK
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Historic 400-Year-Old Shakespeare Family Home Declared at Risk After Vehicle Reverses Into Building

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT) has today confirmed that Hall’s Croft, the Grade I listed home of Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna and her husband Dr John Hall, has been placed on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register. (Credit: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Official Press Release)

A single reversing vehicle has pushed one of Britain's most recognisable literary heritage sites into a full-scale conservation emergency. Hall's Croft, the 17th-century Stratford-upon-Avon home tied directly to William Shakespeare's family, has now been formally declared at risk as experts confront repair costs that could reach £10 million.

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