The dark, dreary days of winter are now over and you can spot spring’s arrival wherever you look at Chawton House. Birds are singing in the trees, flowers are blooming across the estate, and sunshine is beginning to make a [...]
“But now, let us go and sit down . . . and enjoy ourselves.” Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey This month, we are pleased to announce that thanks to the wonderful support of the North American Friends of Chawton House [...]
. Are you a postgraduate or early career researcher working on early women's writing? We are delighted to announce that we are now receiving applications for our 2022 Fellowships. If you've struggled to find the space, time and resources for [...]
Discover the beauty of spring as Chawton House reopens to the public. Chawton House is celebrating the beauty of spring as it reopens its doors to the public on Wednesday 9 February after a short winter closure. With 12,000 spring [...]
Discover more about this year's festive theme at Chawton House, open to visit from 1 December to 2 January. Every year we decorate Chawton House for Christmas, bringing festive cheer to every room of the House for you to enjoy [...]
Chawton House reopens for the festive season celebrating Christmas traditions of days gone by. Chawton House is reopening its doors for the festive season on Wednesday 1 December. Celebrating Chawton House’s Christmas traditions, visitors will see the House beautifully dressed with traditional decorations created by Chawton [...]
VisitEngland has announced that Chawton House has won a 'Hidden Gem' award as part of their 2020-2021 Visitor Attraction Accolades for the third year in a row. Of the awards, VisitEngland Director Andrew Stokes says: "I'm so pleased to see [...]
This Summer, we were delighted with the response to our international creative writing competition, which attracted many talented young writers from the UK and much further afield, but which is also influencing teachers too. These pictures were sent in by [...]
Open for October half-term, meet the makers behind our spooktacular Gothic Garden trail... We've always known we had an exceptionally talented team amongst the younger members of the Chawton House staff and the creativity and imagination demonstrated in our Halloween [...]
Over the Summer, we launched a creative writing competition for young people, based on our 2020-21 exhibition, Man Up! Participants were tasked with creating a poem or short story inspired by women who stepped into male roles. Thank you to [...]