William Shakespeare's 'missing home' is FOUND in extraordinary chance discovery

TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Professor Munro unearthed three archival documents - two held at the London Archives and a third at the National Archives - that shed new light on the property.She said: I was doing research as part of a wider project and couldn't believe it when I realised what I was looking at - the floorplan of Shakespeare's Blackfriars house.The academic noted that investigators had long believed little additional evidence remained to be found, leaving research into the property dormant for some time.She added: These findings really help us tell the complete story of Shakespeare's Blackfriars house, and thanks to this new discovery, we now know exactly where it stood.The dwelling stood in close proximity to Shakespeare's place of work at the Blackfriars theatre, according to Professor Munro.She pointed to the collaborative play Two Noble Kinsmen, which Shakespeare wrote with John Fletcher later in 1613, the same year he acquired the property.This new evidence that the Blackfriars house was quite substantial makes it not inconceivable that some of it may have been written in this very property, the professor said.The 1668 floorplan was created two years following the Great Fire of London, and confirmed both the exact position and size of the residence.LATEST DEVELOPMENTSBritons face £2,500 fine for putting English flag up at homes on St George’s DayAncient hippopotamus that roamed Britain 120,000 years ago found in Welsh caveGentleman's Relish could be SAVED after manufacturers confirm talks underway to rescue cult culinary classicThe property encompassed what is today the eastern portion of Ireland Yard, the lower section of Burgon Street, and parts of the Victorian-era buildings at 5 Burgon Street and 5 St Andrew's Hill.Shakespeare's Blackfriars residence had previously been understood to form part of the Great Gate spanning the entrance to the Blackfriars precinct, which originated as a significant Dominican friary dating to the 13th century.The section of the building that extended over the gate was absent from the post-fire plan, as it lacked foundations.Notably, the blue plaque commemorating Shakespeare on St Andrew's Hill now marks not merely the vicinity, but the actual site where his London home once stood. Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter