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Chawton House is a grade ll* listed Elizabethan manor house in the village of Chawton in Hampshire. It is over four hundred years old, and the recorded history of the land on which it stands stretches even further back. From 1996 to 2003, extensive restoration work was carried out on the house and estate, prior to the opening of Chawton House Library as a UK registered charity in 2003. The house is now open to visitors, as well as library readers, for tours and during public events. [1]
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It was formerly the home of Jane Austen's brother, Edward Austen Knight.[2] The house has been extensively restored and is now open to the public. It also houses The Centre for the Study of Early Women's Writing, 1600–1830,[3] which runs study programmes in association with the University of Southampton. This incorporates Chawton House Library, opened in 2003,[4] a collection of over 9,000 books together with related original manuscripts, formerly located in Redmond, Washington, United States.