Steventon Rectory (site of Jane Austen’s childhood home)
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Steventon Rectory was the rural Georgian parsonage in Hampshire where novelist Jane Austen spent most of her youth and wrote early drafts of several of her major works.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Steventon Rectory | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
former rectory
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historic literary site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Georgian architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Austen family
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Jane Austen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Jane Austen locations
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former houses in Hampshire ⓘ rectories in England ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| currentStatus |
no longer standing
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site marked near Steventon ⓘ |
| demolished | yes ⓘ |
| demolishedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| function |
parsonage
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rectory ⓘ |
| heritageSignificance |
birthplace environment of Jane Austen’s major novels
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important site in Jane Austen biography ⓘ |
| inspirationFor | rural parsonage settings in Jane Austen’s fiction ⓘ |
| JaneAustenAgeWhenLeft | 25 ⓘ |
| JaneAustenMovedOut | 1801 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hampshire
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South East England ⓘ Steventon, Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Basingstoke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableResident |
Cassandra Austen (née Leigh)
NERFINISHED
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George Austen NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Austen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parish | Steventon parish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfJaneAustenResidence | most of Jane Austen’s youth ⓘ |
| region | rural Hampshire ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Anglican ⓘ |
| servedAsClericalResidenceFor |
George Austen as rector
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Rector of Steventon ⓘ |
| servedAsResidenceOf |
Austen family
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Cassandra Austen (née Leigh) NERFINISHED ⓘ George Austen NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Austen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMainUse |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
| usedForWriting |
early drafts of “Northanger Abbey”
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early drafts of “Pride and Prejudice” ⓘ early drafts of “Sense and Sensibility” ⓘ juvenilia of Jane Austen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Steventon, Hampshire, England
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Steventon Rectory (site of Jane Austen’s childhood home)
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