Hotel faces lawsuits from Shakespeare charity over Indian pub

A hotelier who built an Indian gastro pub near the birthplace of William Shakespeare’s wife without planning permission could be forced to demolish it after the charity protecting the playwright’s legacy threatened legal action.

Rakesh Singh, 56, opened Cask n Tandoor in the grounds of his four-star Burnside Hotel in the village of Shottery, Warwickshire, less than 200 meters from Anne Hathaway’s cottage.

The utilitarian one-storey pub was built without planning permission in March and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, which manages Shakespeare’s wife’s childhood home, has complained that the eatery is damaging the local conservation area.

Aerial view of the site of Indian gastro pub, Cask n Tandoor

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Locals living in the affluent village, where houses cost an average of around £500,000, also say the development has destroyed wildlife in the Shottery brook.