A NOVEL ABODE
The bustles and bonnets world of Jane Austen’s books retain their global appeal despite it being 200 years since her death – which is being marked with a new £10 note and £2 coin bearing her image.
The Sense and Sensibility author died – it is believed – from the blood disorder Hodgkin’s lymphoma on July 18, 1817 in Winchester. She was interred within the city’s cathedral under the floor of the north aisle of the knave, where her gravestone can be seen.
Austen’s connections to the city ran deep; just before her death she moved to a house in College Street with her sister Cassandra so she could be treated at the recently established Winchester Hospital. She had been brought up in a village 15 miles north of Winchester and later lived in another satellite village, Chawton. While living there, Jane would visit Winchester for social occasions, including parties at this house next to the cathedral.
The property, which Austen mentions in a 1814 letter, is a Grade II listed house within the cathedral’s Inner Close.
‘The Close’ was built during the 1600s and has six bedrooms and three bathrooms. It’s available to rent at £7,250 a month.
Call Carter Jonas on 01962 383785.