Jane Austen’s House Museum

Jane Austen's House is a small independent museum in the village of near in . 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.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: historic house museum in East Hampshire, UK
  • Also known as: “Chawton Cottage” and “Jane Austen Museum”
  • Address: Winchester Road, Chawton, Alton, GU34 1SD
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chawton House and Church of St Nicholas.

Library
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is a Grade II* listed manor house in 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. is situated 1,800 feet south of Jane Austen’s House Museum.

Church
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is situated 1,800 feet south of Jane Austen’s House Museum.

Fountain
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is situated 1 mile north of Jane Austen’s House Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alton and Thedden.

Photo: AlasdairW, Public domain.
is a town in , surrounded by attractive countryside and villages that were once home to novelist Jane Austen, naturalist Gilbert White, and Antarctic explorer Lawrence Oates.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the large civil parish of in , England, about 1.3 miles south east of the centre of Bentworth village. Its nearest town is , about 3.5 miles east of . is situated 2 miles northwest of Jane Austen’s House Museum.

Hamlet
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is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the East Hampshire district of , England. It is 2.1 miles southeast of the town of . is situated 2 miles east of Jane Austen’s House Museum.

Jane Austen’s House Museum

Latitude
51.13311° or 51° 7′ 59″ north
Longitude
-0.98908° or 0° 59′ 21″ west
Inception
18th century
Open location code
9C3X42M6+69
Open­Street­Map ID
way 293116440
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q3161847
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Jane Austen’s House Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف منزل جاين أوستن”
  • Dutch: “Jane Austen’s House Museum”
  • Esperanto: “Dom-muzeo Jane Austen”
  • French: “Jane Austen’s House Museum”
  • German: “Jane Austen’s House Museum”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון בית ג’יין אוסטן”
  • Japanese: “ジェイン・オースティンズハウス博物館”
  • Persian: “خانه موزه جین آستن”
  • Portuguese: “Casa-museu jane austen”
  • Portuguese: “Casa-museu Jane Austen”
  • Portuguese: “Casa-Museu Jane Austen”
  • Russian: “Дом-музей Джейн Остин”
  • Saraiki: “جین آسٹن ہاؤس میوزیم”
  • Swedish: “Chawton Cottage”
  • Swedish: “Jane Austen’s House Museum”
  • Urdu: “جین آسٹن ہاؤس میوزیم”
  • Uzbek: “Jeyn Osten Uy-muzeyi”
  • Western Panjabi: “جین آسٹن ہاؤس میوزیم”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chawton Church of England Primary School and Pound Farmhouse.

Nearby Places

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