Letter #4

Tuesday 20 September 2011
Letter #4, To Cassandra, from Rowling, "Since I wrote last, we have been very near returning to Steventon so early as next week. Such, for a day or two, was our dear brother Henry's scheme, but at present matters are restored, not to what they were, for my absence seems likely to be lengthened still farther. I am sorry for it, but what can I do?" - Jane Austen, Thursday 1 September 1796

St. Nicholas Church in Steventon



front view of Steventon Rectory by Anna LeFroy



back view of Steventon rectory by Anna LeFroy

 In Chapter Five today of Jane Austen, Her Homes and Her Friends, by Constance Hill we are entertained by a description of what the parsonage at Steventon might have been like; very sweet.



Inside St. Nicholas Church in Steventon



This is a link to a blog page about Steventon. It has very interesting information about what happened to Steventon rectory and current information about the house Edward built to replace it.
http://janeausteninvermont.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/the-saga-of-the-steventon-parsonage/