The write place! Experts find Shakespeare's 'missing' London home

The exact location of William Shakespeare's "missing" London house has finally been discovered.

For hundreds of years, the precise whereabouts of the famous writer's home has remained a mystery.

However, thanks to a newly discovered old map, experts have identified the place where the property stood - as well as its layout and size.

Researchers say it also suggests that Shakespeare might have spent more time in London that previously thought.

Many people consider William Shakespeare to be the best British writer of all time.

Even though he lived a long time ago, he is still the country's most famous playwright, and is responsible for plays such as 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.

It has long been known that in his later years Shakespeare owned a property in Blackfriars - a part of central London located on the north bank of the River Thames, near St. Paul's Cathedral.

However, the exact location has remained a mystery - until now.

Shakespeare expert Professor Lucy Munro from King's College London, was working on a different project when she made the discovery.

Professor Munro uncovered three documents – two from the London Archives and one from the National Archives – that provided more information.

She explained: "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.

One of the documents she found was a plan of part of Blackfriars, made in 1668, two years after the Great Fire of London, which confirmed the precise location and size of Shakespeare's Blackfriars house.

Professor Munro added that the house was close to his workplace at the Blackfriars theatre.

The two other documents related to the sale of the property by Shakespeare's granddaughter.

It had been thought that Shakespeare retired from his theatre career not long after he bought the house and returned to Stratford-upon-Avon, the Warwickshire town where he grew up.

However, this new discovery could suggest that the playwright spent more time in London towards the end of his life than previously believed.