Jane Austen's House Museum

Jane Austen lived in the house with her mother, her sister Cassandra and a longtime family friend Martha Lloyd from 7 July 1809 until May 1817, when because of illness she moved to Winchester to be near her physician.

[2] When she arrived at Chawton, Jane Austen had written three novels in draft form; these were Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey.

[4] Following Cassandra's death, the house was divided into small apartments for labourers, before part of the building became a workman's club by the beginning of the twentieth century.

In addition, among the items of furniture on display at the museum are a Muzio Clementi pianoforte (dated 1813) similar to the piano she owned, and a Hepplewhite bureau-bookcase containing several of her works.

[11] The gold ring had remained in Austen's family until its 2012 sale at auction to the American singer Kelly Clarkson.