COVID-19 UPDATE: FROM FEBRUARY 3, THE GARDENS, TEA SHED AND PARKLAND ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY, 10AM – 3.30PM. THE HOUSE REMAINS CLOSED TO VISITORS. CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS
What’s on
Saturday 30th January 2021 to Friday 30th April 2021
Creative Writing Workshops 2021
Thursday 25th February 2021 to Sunday 28th March 2021
Weekend brunch at the Parkland Pantry **Now on Thursdays and Fridays too!**
Monday 1st March 2021
Richard Ovenden: Burning the books: Attacks on Knowledge through history
Monday 8th March 2021
Cross-dressed to Kill: women who went to war disguised as men
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Latest news
26th January 2021
New online catalogue for our collection
Search the new online catalogue of our books and manuscripts We're delighted that the online catalogue of our books and manuscript collection is once again
19th January 2021
Digital Conference: Adventurous Wives in the Long C18
Call for Papers: After postponement last year due to the Coronavirus, Chawton House will now be host to an online conference in May 2021, and
2nd January 2021
Treasured Austen family heirloom returns home
Chawton House acquires a rare first edition of Jane Austen’s favourite poet William Cowper's Poems – the copy that was in her brother’s library, which she repeatedly visited. Thanks to