Chawton - Drive to Chawton House
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Chawton - Drive to Chawton House
Image: © Rob Farrow Taken: 12 Sep 2015
Chawton House is situated to the south of the eponymous village surrounded by parkland and next to Image] It was once the home to Jane Austen's brother, Edward who changed his surname to Knight in order to inherit as the "adopted son" of the childless Knight family who had owned this house for centuries. The house dates from c.1580 and there is a fireback dated 1588 with the initials I K (for John Knight). Chawton House was extended in the mid C17th, and further extensions were added in the following two centuries. See its EH Grade II* listing here http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1093975&searchtype=mapsearch This view is looking along its drive from its gates on Winchester Road. It now houses Chawton House Library http://www.chawtonhouse.org "an internationally respected research and learning centre for the study of early women's writing from 1600 to 1830." as it says on its website. The house is also available to hire for weddings etc. http://www.chawtonhouse.org/?page_id=43828
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Image Location
Latitude
51.128174
Longitude
-0.988623