Unique Presentation Copy of a Jane Austen Novel Heads to Chawton House, home of the author’s brother, following Record-breaking Sale An inscribed copy of a Jane Austen novel has become the most expensive of the author's works ever sold [...]
Fearful Futures: Omens & Premonitions 10-30 October ‘My heart beat fast and thick: I heard its throb. Suddenly it stood still to an inexpressible feeling that thrilled it through, and passed at once to my head and extremities. The [...]
. *Please note that following the passing of HM The Queen, the launch date of our campaign was postponed from 10 September, the date of Wollstonecraft's death, until October 1st to respect the period of national mourning.* Chawton House is [...]
Chawton House reopens for the festive season with a brand-new Christmas installation, Once Upon A Pantomime Chawton, Hampshire- August 2022. Chawton House will be reopening its doors for the festive season on Thursday 1 December 2022, after closing for November, [...]
Trailblazers: women travel writers and the exchange of knowledge - 12 September 2022 to 26 February 2023 Chawton House, Hampshire, August 2022. Opening to the public next month, Chawton House’s exciting new exhibition, Trailblazers: women travel writers and the exchange [...]
Chawton House Awarded TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award for 2022 Chawton House Recognised Amongst The Best in Hampshire Chawton, Hampshire, July 2022- Chawton House today announced it has been recognised as a 2022 Travellers’ Choice award-winner for Visitor Attractions. Based on [...]
Over the weekend of the 9 and 10 July, we are hosting the Chawton House Summer Special. A weekend full of fun and exciting events, there is sure to be something across these two days that will delight [...]
. Izzie Warwick (15) was on work experience at Chawton House in June 2022. Alongside working across different areas of the house, she undertook an independent research project to write about one of the objects she came across at Chawton [...]
. Following the success of last year’s pilot Visiting Fellowship scheme, we have now chosen our six Fellows for 2022. Three will join us from mid-July for a month, and three will join us in November. The competition was [...]
. “All women together ought to let flowers fall on the tomb of Aphra Behn … For it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.” -Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own (1929) Recent years have [...]