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{{Short description|House in North Tawton, Devon, England}}
⚫ '''Court Green''' on Essington Road in ], ], ], was the home the ]s ] and ]<ref name=tpd>{{cite web|last1=O'Brien|first1=Maeve|title=Visiting Court Green.|url=http://theplathdiaries.blogspot.com/2013/04/visiting-court-green.html|website=The Plath Diaries|publisher=The Plath Diaries|accessdate=20 December 2015|ref=tpd}}</ref> moved to in late August 1961. Plath left the house on 10 December 1962, while Hughes lived there on and off for the rest of his life.
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⚫ It is the current home of his widow ].
⚫ '''Court Green''' is a house in ], ], ]. It was the home the poets ] and ] moved to in late August 1961.<ref name=tpd>{{cite web|last1=O'Brien|first1=Maeve|title=Visiting Court Green.|url=http://theplathdiaries.blogspot.com/2013/04/visiting-court-green.html|website=The Plath Diaries|accessdate=20 December 2015|ref=tpd|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222151242/http://theplathdiaries.blogspot.com/2013/04/visiting-court-green.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

⚫ Plath left the house on 10 December 1962, while Hughes lived there on and off for the rest of his life. It is the current home of his widow ].


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== Sylvia Plath at Court Green == == Sylvia Plath ==
Plath wrote most of the '']'' poems at Court Green. She composed "The Moon and the Yew Tree" about the ancient ] in the nearby churchyard, which could be seen from her bedroom window; the tree can still be seen today. The poem "The Bee Meeting" concerns an event which Plath observed just outside the wool factory on the ] near the house. Percy Keys, a neighbour of the Hugheses during their time at Court Green, is mentioned in ''The Journals of Sylvia Plath'', and his funeral is remembered in Plath's poem "Berck-Plage". Keys is buried in the graveyard on the hill above the house. ] wrote most of the '']'' (1965) poems at Court Green. She composed "The Moon and the Yew Tree" about the ancient ] in the nearby churchyard, which could be seen from her bedroom window; the tree can still be seen today. The poem "The Bee Meeting" concerns an event which Plath observed just outside the wool factory on the ] near the house. Percy Keys, a neighbour of the Hughes during their time at Court Green, is mentioned in ''The Journals of Sylvia Plath'', and his funeral is remembered in Plath's poem "Berck-Plage". Keys is buried in the graveyard on the hill above the house.


== Ted Hughes at Court Green == == Ted Hughes ==
Hughes wrote '']'' and most of his later work at the house. He wrote standing at a ]. Hughes died in 1998, and his friend ] read at the funeral service at the church across the lawn. ] wrote '']'' (1970) and most of his later work at the house. He wrote standing at a ]. Hughes died in 1998, and his friend ] read at the funeral service at the church across the lawn.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

== Assia Wevill at Court Green ==
] wrote and painted at Court Green.


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House in North Tawton, Devon, England

Court Green is a house in North Tawton, Devon, England. It was the home the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath moved to in late August 1961.

Plath left the house on 10 December 1962, while Hughes lived there on and off for the rest of his life. It is the current home of his widow Carol Hughes.

The house is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England.

Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath wrote most of the Ariel (1965) poems at Court Green. She composed "The Moon and the Yew Tree" about the ancient yew in the nearby churchyard, which could be seen from her bedroom window; the tree can still be seen today. The poem "The Bee Meeting" concerns an event which Plath observed just outside the wool factory on the River Taw near the house. Percy Keys, a neighbour of the Hughes during their time at Court Green, is mentioned in The Journals of Sylvia Plath, and his funeral is remembered in Plath's poem "Berck-Plage". Keys is buried in the graveyard on the hill above the house.

Ted Hughes

Ted Hughes wrote Crow (1970) and most of his later work at the house. He wrote standing at a lectern. Hughes died in 1998, and his friend Seamus Heaney read at the funeral service at the church across the lawn.

References

  1. O'Brien, Maeve. "Visiting Court Green". The Plath Diaries. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  2. Historic England, "Court Green (1105340)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 January 2016
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