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] But I'm also going to look for another house connected with Jane, wich I was not aware of. In Dec.1814 she and her sister Cassandra went to Winchester and stayed with Mrs Heatcote(Elizabeth Bigg)and her sister Alethea who were then living at nr 12 in the Cathedral Close. There has been a renumbering of the buildings so today it should be nr 11. But I believe the house still exists.

Leif G-n: The house in which JA died is very easy to find. It is right outside the cathedral gates on College Street (I believe No. 8), and is bright yellow with a placque stating its claim to history. The house is owned by a local college and houses visiting professors; it is not usually open to the public.

In 1998, on a wonderful JA tour sponsored by JASNA (run by a JA fan, BookAdventures Inc.), we were thrilled to be able to visit the house. In the second floor room where she died (with a lovely bow window overlooking the cathedral walls), our guide read the letter Cassandra wrote after Jane died: "She was the sunshine of my life..." (or something close to that). Needless to say, we were all in tears.