The Library at Chawton House This week's blog, inspired by the donated benches that are part of the North American Friends of Chawton House Share a Bench with Jane campaign, will examine the role of libraries in [...]
Historic Houses has announced that Chawton House has been awarded the prestigious Frances Garnham Award for Innovation in Education. Commemorating the achievements of Frances Garnham, Director of Policy and Campaigns at Historic Houses until 2015, this award seeks to [...]
Works by Frances Burney at Chawton House During the last few decades of the 18th century, Europe was in a state of violent upheaval, with revolutionary wars overseas and an unstable monarchy at home causing waves of distress [...]
Throughout November we will be celebrating the installation of benches around our gardens that were installed as part of the Share a Bench with Jane appeal, launched by the North American Friends of Chawton House (NAFCH) in 2019. The Share [...]
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 [...]