Chawton House
Chawton House is a Grade II* listed manor house in Hampshire on the South side of Chawton village, and the present building was started in 1580. In the late 18th century it belonged to Edward Austen Knight, a wealthy brother of the novelist Jane Austen.Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Library
- Description: country house in Chawton, Hampshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Chawton House & Library”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and Jane Austen’s House Museum.
Jane Austen’s House Museum
Museum
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jane Austen's House is a small independent museum in the village of Chawton near Alton in Hampshire. It is a writer's house museum occupying the 17th-century house in which novelist Jane Austen spent the last eight years of her life, during which time she wrote, revised and made ready to be published all six of her novels, and the fragment Sanditon. Jane Austen’s House Museum is situated 1,800 feet north of Chawton House.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of All Saints is situated 1 mile south of Chawton House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alton and West Worldham.
Alton
Photo: AlasdairW, Public domain.
Alton is a town in Hampshire, surrounded by attractive countryside and villages that were once home to novelist Jane Austen, naturalist Gilbert White, and Antarctic explorer Lawrence Oates.
West Worldham
Hamlet
Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Worldham is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Worldham, in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 2.1 miles southeast of the town of Alton. West Worldham is situated 2 miles east of Chawton House.
Thedden
Hamlet
Thedden is a hamlet in the large civil parish of Bentworth in Hampshire, England, about 1.3 miles south east of the centre of Bentworth village. Its nearest town is Alton, about 3.5 miles east of Thedden. Thedden is situated 2 miles northwest of Chawton House.
Chawton House
- Categories: English country house, building, and education
- Location: Chawton, East Hampshire, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.12814° or 51° 7′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.98843° or 0° 59′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C3X42H6+7JOpenStreetMap ID
way 293115703OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q5088580
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In Other Languages
“Chawton House” goes by many names.
- French: “Chawton House”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Knickerknocker Copse and Chawton Cemetery.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Home Farm and Chawton Grave Yard.
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