Jane Austen'S House

Jane Austen's House is a Grade I listed building located in Chawton, Hampshire. It served as the home of the famous author from 1809 to 1817 and is now a museum. The house dates back to the 18th century and features walls constructed in Flemish bond, with cambered arches on the ground floor and a plinth. The roof is hipped and tiled, with brick dentil eaves and two flat-roofed dormers that contain sash windows.

The southeast front of the house, which was once symmetrical, has two storeys and an attic, with five windows above two wide openings. The central upper window is now blocked, and the former entrance has been converted into a window. The ground-floor openings have been altered, with the south side bricked up as a panel and the north side made narrower. The sash windows are set in exposed frames. The doorway, located north of the centre, features a moulded canopy supported by carved brackets and a six-panelled door. The long southwest elevation mirrors the front with three windows, and the Flemish bond is made of mathematical tiles. At the east side, there is a Gothic sash window. The rear of the house includes an L-shaped block with three hipped roofs, one of which extends to a lower eaves above the staircase. There are two inscribed plaques at the front.

Inside, much of the plain 18th-century interior remains intact, including floors, fireplaces, doors, and cupboards, along with period furnishings and exhibition materials related to Jane Austen.

Jane Austen lived in this house with her sister, Cassandra, their mother, and their friend Martha Lloyd from 1809 until her move to Winchester for medical treatment in May 1817, where she passed away on July 18, 1817. Her mother and sister continued to reside in Chawton for the rest of their lives. It was in this house that Austen revised earlier drafts of her works, including Pride and Prejudice, and wrote later novels such as Emma.