Known to Jane Austen as the ‘Great House’, owned by her brother Edward. Beautiful house & gardens, Austen heirlooms, unique collection of early women's writing.
Chawton, Hampshire
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📢 Applications now open!
We’re offering 6 residential Visiting Fellowships in 2026 for postgraduate & early career researchers working on women’s writing (1660–1860).
Summer: 27 July–21 Aug
Winter: 2–27 Nov
Deadline: 24 April (midnight BST)
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Reading Chawton House Library - New Research in Women’s Writing. Free online event hosted by BARS with our six 2025 Visiting Fellows. Weds 11 Feb, 6pm, online: Registration: uofglasgow.zoom.us/.../WN_ek…
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Happy New Year from a very frosty Chawton House!
We’re now open Fri–Sun, 10am–3.30pm. Plan your visit and check our 2026 opening hours here: chawtonhouse.org/visit/your-…
Happy 250th Birthday to the inimitable Jane Austen, who changed the landscape of the novel forever, who created characters beloved and recognised across the world, and who holds the door open for women writers in her own day and in our modern moment.
A sneak peek at our beautiful Christmas decorations - we look forward to welcoming you for A Regency Christmas!
#Frankenstein hits Netflix today. To mark the moment, we’re sharing a free talk with Visiting Fellow Dr Virlana Shchuka on a little-known Gothic tale in our collection. A scientist, a tomb, and an experiment that unleashes a monster Watch here: youtu.be/6NkECLLGojE
From Gothic Nights to Festive Lights: Winter Arrives - mailchi.mp/chawtonhouse/goth…
Our free Parkland exhibition returns from tomorrow for 5 days. Drop in to find out more about the landscape Jane Austen knew and loved, and take in the beautiful Autumn scenery!
Oops! We made a mistake in our recent newsletter. Our Halloween Gothic Supper supper will include a spine-tingling of witchcraft in 17th-century Hampshire, The Story of Alice Barton, written & performed by Nigel Worsfold: chawtonhouse.org/whats-on/ha…
Find out the details of our Gothic Programme: “Dreadful Suspicions”: Fantasy, Fear & Folly in our new newsletter, or alternatively in our latest blog post! - mailchi.mp/chawtonhouse/goth…
Announcing! Rare Letters Acquisition & our Austen Autumn Programme. Read our latest newsletter here - mailchi.mp/chawtonhouse/autu…
Read our latest newsletter to find out what's going on over this Bank Holiday weekend and our harvest events – mailchi.mp/chawtonhouse/bank…
Read our latest newsletter: Summer at Chawton House: Family Fun & Austen Treasures - mailchi.mp/chawtonhouse/summ…
#OTD in 1817, Jane Austen died in Winchester, aged just 41. Her sister Cassandra wrote, 'She was the sun of my life, the gilder of every pleasure, the soother of every sorrow'. What is your favourite Austen novel/quotation?
Calling all Austen lovers! The University of Southampton is hosting a special concert as part of the conference ‘The Global Jane Austen’ on Friday, featuring the acclaimed early music group Ensemble Hesperi.
turnersims.co.uk/whats-on/ja…
Ensemble Hesperi will also be performing at Chawton House, which you can read more about here: chawtonhouse.org/whats-on/en…
We would like to say a big thank you to The North American Friends of Chawton House (NAFCH), who have designed their fifth and final Jane Austen bobblehead. This year, to mark 250 years since Jane Austen's birth, they have named her 'Genius Jane'.
nafch.org/genius-jane-2025.
