Saturday 29 June 2013

Jane Austen Pilgrimage

Jane Austen's House at Chawton, where she lived from 1809 until her death in 1817












Jane's writing table, where she revised her early novels and wrote her later ones



Jane's bedroom



Letter from Winston Churchill, where he mentions enjoying her novels



Jane's mother's room



The intricate quilt that she worked on with her sister Cassandra and their mother



The Admiral's room (a guest room that her Admiral brother slept in)

Gifts from her two sailor brothers, including carvings by the Admiral





The back of the house




Winchester Cathedral


Jane Austen's gravestone

Memorial plaque, added in 1900



Memorial window for Jane Austen, added in 1900