![]() ![]() The 17th-century south front has two storeys with an attic and three gables. The house is built of flint with stone dressings and a tiled roof. Based on a manor house owned by the Knight family since 1551, it was subsequently extended and altered about 1655 and again in the 18th and 19th centuries. The present Chawton House was built in 1580, principally by John Knight. It is set in 275 acres (1.11 km 2) of Hampshire countryside, and is used for conferences, filming and more recently as a venue for weddings. The house is now open to visitors, as well as library readers, for tours and during public events. The centre, which runs study programmes in association with the nearby University of Southampton, incorporates a significant library, a collection of over 9000 books and related manuscripts. At the turn of the millennium it was purchased by a charitable trust, extensively restored, and re-opened as a research centre. It remained a private family home into the late 20th century. 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.Ĭhawton House, just outside the village of that name, used to be the home of the writer's brother, Edward Austen Knight. Chawton House is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house in Hampshire. ![]()
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