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Read this fascinating account of Jane Austen's fifth Great niece and her experience of growing up at Chawton House. -
"I went up to the Great House between 3 & 4, & dawdled away an hour very comfortably" - Jane Austen, 1814 The perfect momento to remember your visit to Chawton House! -
This beautiful book contains Austen’s short writings about ‘couples’, which exemplify the biting wit and satire which are now so firmly associated with her name. The perfect gift for any Austen fan! -
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New for 2026, this magnet depicts the view of Chawton House, from the painting by the artist Mellichamp in c.1741. This would have been the view of the house familiar to Jane Austen! -
Learn more about the history of the Knight Family, who called Chawton House home, with this handy guide. -
*Limited Availability!* New for 2025 and for the 250th Anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, this 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle depicts the 1741 Mellichamp painting of Chawton House, the building known to Jane as the 'Great House', and the familiar landscape that she would have known. -
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New for 2026, our Chawton House Magnet displays the contemporary view of the house, familiar to all our visitors today. -
"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more" - Mr Knightley, Emma. -
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This miniature book contains a veritable garden of healing plants, specially chosen from Elizabeth Blackwell’s Curious Herbal (1737–39). -
Jane Austen's History of England (by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian!) The perfect gift for any Austen fan! -
This beautiful edition, complete with sprayed edges, of Jane Austen's final novel 'Persuasion' has been specially published by Plumleaf Press. This edition also features an introduction by Chawton House's Deputy Director, Kim Simpson. -
"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you" - Mr Darcy, Pride & Prejudice. -
"I will be calm; I will be mistress of myself" - Elinor Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility. -
The ingenious quizzes and puzzles in this collection will test your knowledge of the seven completed novels of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte. -
Test your knowledge of the novels of Jane Austen with the puzzles in this book! -
*Available to Preorder Now (estimated delivery November 2026) and includes Postage & Packaging*
From elegant assembly rooms and private balls to bustling theatres and fireworks displays, Dressing Up: Fashion and Nightlife in Eighteenth Century Hampshire explores how people across Hampshire experienced life after dark between 1750 and 1820. Drawing on rare books, manuscripts, fashion plates and artworks from Chawton House alongside clothing and accessories on loan from private collections, the exhibition reveals the choices, preparations and social expectations behind an evening’s entertainment. Discover how women and men dressed for different occasions, how hairstyles and cosmetics reflected changing fashions, and how accessories transformed Georgian ladies and gentlemen for their evenings Format: Catalogue, Paperback Pages: 194 -
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This lively 'potted' history of gardening in Britain takes us on a garden tour from the thorn hedges around prehistoric settlements to the rage for ornamental grasses and 'outdoor rooms' today. It tracks down the ordinary folk who worked the earth - the apprentice boys and weeding women, the florists and nursery gardeners - as well as aristocrats and grand designers and famous plant-hunters. -
A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is a profane guide to the slang from the backstreets and taverns of 18th-century London.
