Shaw's Corner

Shaw's Corner was the primary residence of the renowned Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw; now a historic National Trust property open to the public. Inside the house, the rooms remain much as Shaw left them, and the garden and Shaw's writing hut can also be visited. The house is an Edwardian Arts and Crafts-influenced structure situated in the small village of Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England.

Built as the new rectory for the village in 1902, the house was the home of playwright George Bernard Shaw from 1906 until his death in 1950. The Church of England decided that the house was too large for the size of the parish, and let it instead. Shaw and his wife Charlotte moved in during 1906, and eventually bought the house and its land in 1920, paying £6,220. At the same time the garden was extended and Shaw bought land from his friend Apsley Cherry-Garrard, bringing the total to 1.4 hectares (3.5 acres).

Shaw is known to have written many of his major works in a secluded, home-built revolving hut located at the bottom of his garden.cite book |last=Walker |first=Lester |title= [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1579121519 A Little House of My Own: 47 Grand Designs for 47 Tiny Houses] |year=2000 |isbn=1-57912-151-9] [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Bernard_Shaw&action=edit&section=1 The National Trust] ] The tiny structure of only 64 square feet, was built on a central steel-pole frame with a circular track so that it could be rotated on its axis to follow the arc of the sun's light during the day. Shaw dubbed the hut "London", so that unwanted visitors could be told he was away "visiting the capital". [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4566526.stm BBC] ]

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* [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/places/shawscorner/ Shaw's Corner information at National Trust]