At what estate does Jane Eyre spend her childhood with the Reeds?

Jane Eyre spends her childhood with the Reeds at Gateshead Hall.

After Jane’s parents die, her maternal uncle, Mr Reed, takes her into his family home, Gateshead Hall. He dies before the novel begins, but his widow, Mrs Reed, keeps Jane there because of his wishes. Jane grows up alongside the Reed children, John, Eliza, and Georgiana.

Gateshead is an unhappy beginning for Jane. Mrs Reed treats her as an unwanted poor relation, while John Reed bullies her. When Jane fights back against John, Mrs Reed punishes her by locking her in the red room, where Mr Reed died. This frightening episode becomes one of the defining memories of her childhood.

Gateshead Hall is easy to confuse with Thornfield Hall, where Jane later works as Adèle Varens’s governess, or Moor House, where the Rivers siblings shelter her. Ferndean Manor is Rochester’s later home, not Jane’s childhood residence.