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Smallhythe Place

House museum · Tenterden, England

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Smallhythe Place
Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

History

Smallhythe Place in Small Hythe, near Tenterden in Kent, is a half-timbered house built in the late 15th or early 16th century and since 1947 cared for by the National Trust. It was the home of the Victorian actress Ellen Terry from 1899 to her death in the house on 17 July 1928. The house contains Ellen Terry's theatre collection, while the cottage grounds include her rose garden, orchard, nuttery and the working Barn Theatre.

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Visiting

This is a house museum. Opening times, tickets and access change, so check the official website before you travel. Get directions.

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