Jane Austen's House Museum, Chawton

Name: Jane Austen's House Museum
Address: Jane Austens House Winchester Road, Chawton, GU34 1SD, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1420 83262

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Jane Austen's House Museum 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. The museum has been a Grade I listed building since 1963. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°7'59"N, 0°59'21"W

Address

Jane Austens House Winchester RoadChawton GU34 1SD United Kingdom

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+44 1420 83262

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Jane Austen's House Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Alton Town Hall, Curtis Museum, Chawton House Library, All Saints' Church.

1.2 miNE
City hall
Alton Town Hall, Alton
31 min walk • Alton Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square in Alton, Hampshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Alton Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
1.3 miNE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Curtis Museum, Alton
35 min walk • The Curtis Museum in Alton, is a local history museum in Hampshire, England. The museum was founded in 1865 by Dr William Curtis.
~1830 ftS
Jane Austen, Historical place, Garden
Chawton House Library, Chawton
9 min walk • Chawton House is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house in Hampshire. It is run as a historic property and also houses the research library of The Centre for the Study of Early Women's Writing, 1600–1830, using the building's connection with the English novelist Jane Austen.
0.9 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
All Saints' Church, Alton
24 min walk • All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in Alton, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.
~1790 ftS
Jane Austen, History museum, Museum
Chawton House, Chawton
9 min walk • Chawton House is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house in Hampshire. It is run as a historic property and also houses the research library of The Centre for the Study of Early Women's Writing, 1600–1830, using the building's connection with the English novelist Jane Austen.
1.4 miNE
51°9'1"N • 0°58'28"W
Allen Gallery, Alton
35 min walk • Art museum, Art gallery, Museum
~1640 ftNW
Sport venue, Sport
Municipal Ground, Chawton
8 min walk • The Municipal Ground is a cricket ground in Alton, Hampshire. The ground was constructed as a result of the efforts of G.J. Poole, the headmaster of a local Grammar School.