Chawton House Library, Chawton

Name: Chawton House Library
Address: Winchester Rd, Chawton, GU34 1SJ, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1420 541010

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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. ()

Elevation: 397 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°7'41"N, 0°59'18"W

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Winchester RdChawton GU34 1SJ United Kingdom

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+44 1420 541010

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Chawton House Library – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jane Austen's House Museum, All Saints' Church, Chawton House, Municipal Ground.

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The famed writer's 17th-century home
Jane Austen's House Museum, Chawton
9 min walk • 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.
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Church, Gothic Revival architecture
All Saints' Church, Alton
32 min walk • All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in Alton, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.
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Jane Austen, History museum, Museum
Chawton House, Chawton
1 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.
0.6 miN
Sport venue, Sport
Municipal Ground, Chawton
16 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.