Alton Hampshire

Jane Austen's House Museum

Tourist Attraction in Alton Hampshire

Jane Austen's House Museum in Chawton, nr Alton, is the house where Jane Austen lived and wrote. 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.

It was in this country cottage that Jane's genius flourished and where she wrote, revised and had published all her major works, including the timeless Pride and Prejudice.

It is the most treasured Austen site in the world. The museum has been a Grade I listed building since 1963.

The Museum is open 7 days a week.