The House, Gardens and Old Kitchen Tea Room at Chawton House remain closed to visitors because of the Covid-19 crisis, and they will remain so until the Government allows us to re-open. You can enjoy our online programme here on our website and on social media [...]
Chawton House’s magazine, The Female Spectator, is relaunching with a special lockdown issue, to be published online in June. The frontispiece to Eliza Haywood's Female Spectator Originally set up in 1995, Chawton House’s magazine is a tribute [...]
Our curator Emma Yandle explores the breadth of our collection and introduces her work to make it more accessible to the public. My job, as the first curator of Chawton House, is look after our extensive collection: safeguarding it physically [...]
Inspired by #rainbowsofhope we at Chawton House are teaming up with Jane Austen’s House to highlight some of our favourite objects in our collections, focussing on the different colours of the rainbow. A rainbow over Jane Austen's House [...]
**Update following the Prime Minister's announcement on 23 March on the latest restrictions** After much careful consideration and in response to the latest Government advice, we have decided that the House, Collection and the Old Kitchen Tea Room and [...]
Press Release VisitEngland declares Chawton House a ‘Hidden Gem’ (c) Claire Lewis Photography Chawton, Hampshire March 2020. VisitEngland announced that Chawton House has won a ‘Hidden Gem’ award, part of their 2019 Attractions Accolades, which recognises [...]
Chawton House has gained two new staff members with the appointment of our first ever Curator and Collections Manager, Emma Yandle and Julia Weaver as our new Gardener. Emma Yandle, Marion Makinson Curator & Collections Manager Emma achieved a [...]
Help 'spookify' Chawton House and be in with a chance of winning a prize... From now until 31st October we want YOU to bring in your best carved pumpkin to Chawton House. Not only will your ghoulish creations adorn [...]
Chawton House wishes to appoint its first Curator The Curator will be responsible for the extraordinary early women writers library collection, and the remaining library, artworks and furniture of the Knight family that were so familiar to Jane Austen. [...]
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 [...]