August, 2019. Postdoctoral Fellow Kim Simpson writes the first of a new blog series I’ve spent the last three days on a single paragraph, reading and re-reading, trying to pick out the words from a barbed wire fence of [...]
With costumed storytelling, the Hampshire Regency Dancers, crafts stalls, workshops and traditional games, there was plenty of family-friendly fun at Chawton House’s Summer Fayre. Last month we put on our Chawton House’s first ever Summer Fayre, with events happening [...]
For the whole month of August, kids pay just £1 entry to Chawton House! To celebrate the summer holidays, from Thursday 1st to Saturday 31st August, Chawton House will be running a special offer in which all children aged [...]
Authors of Yuletide present the first royalty cheque for $2400 to Chawton House Last Wednesday, four of the seven authors of Yuletide, a Jane Austen inspired Christmas anthology, presented Chawton House with a cheque for $2400, the first royalties [...]
Last month, during Jane Austen Regency Week, Professor Janine Barchas, President of the North American Friends of Chawton House (NAFCH) officially opened our Jane Austen Garden Trail. In 2018, NAFCH coordinated a successful fundraising campaign for donors to sponsor [...]
Chawton House has won a £1,000 Movement for Good award thanks to nominations from the public. Chawton House was nominated to win a £1,000 boost as part of specialist insurer Ecclesiastical's Movement for Good awards, which is giving £1million [...]
Chawton House welcomes the arrival of a two-volumed work that has just been purchased by the 'Godmersham Lost Sheep Society' (GLOSS). Beautifully illustrated, this 1754 work by Jonas Hanway titled An Historical Account of the British Trade over the [...]
Give your mum a prosecco cream tea gift voucher this Mother's Day! Want to show your mum how much you love her, but are stuck for ideas? Look no further than a Prosecco cream tea voucher for two in [...]
At the beginning of March, a day after opening to the public, Chawton House welcomed the return of Professor Peter Sabor from McGill University, Canada. He provided a fascinating evening talk on the new Godmersham Park virtual library that [...]
Students from Chawton Primary School celebrated their favourite literary characters at our Harry Potter themed World Book Day c. Claire Lewis Last Friday, on World Book Day, Chawton Primary’s Year 5 and 6 arrived at our doors [...]