ChawtonHouse
@ChawtonHouse
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.
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Austen folks, take note! We are really looking forward to this JA250 conference next year, organised by Gillian Dow & Katie Halsey: 'The Global Jane Austen: Celebrating and Commemorating 250 years of Jane Austen'. CfP attached - see you there!
Delighted to share this call for applications for a £300 bursary working on Burney towards expenses including childcare. Bravo Burney Society!
Much of the Godmersham Park Library collection was dispersed in the 20th century. In the last 5 years, Godmersham Lost Sheep Society: Reading with Austen have discovered and returned 13 books from the Godmersham Library to Chawton. This bee-keeping manual is their latest donation, now on display in the Library.
We're busy with final planning for our exhibition, Chawton in Stitches, which features the embroidery of Royal School of Needlework graduate Emily Barnett. We'll also have some lovely new merchandise on sale, designed by Emily. Chawton in Stitches opens on 13 May: shorturl.at/AEIZ8
Here are the first Tulips blooming by the Walled Garden this Spring! These are Lady Jane Tulips, native to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and the western Himalayas. 📷 #SpringFlowers