1. The South Lawn 2. The Library Terrace During the period 1763-1780, the house’s formal gardens were swept away This terrace was built c1905 Chawton House Gardens to be replaced by parkland in the English Landscape style popularised by by Edward Austen’s grandson, Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. The South Lawn, and the views to and from Montagu Knight (1844-1914) the house, have been reinstated in this style. and bears evidence of the influence of Sir Edwin Lutyens who was a close friend. The principle Lutyens details are the 9. The Ha-Ha step risers made from old tiles The ha-ha, a typical and the two circular millstones, eighteenth-century feature, with tile insets. discreetly prevents sheep grazing in the fields 3. The Upper Terrace from approaching the The Upper Terrace was built in house – although they do 1901 and provides views across occasionally find a way to the house and St Nicholas through! Church. 4. The Rose Garden 8. The Lime Avenue Montagu Knight divided Edward The Lime Avenue was Austen Knight’s walled garden planted by Montagu Knight into two in the 19th century. during the second part of He created this rose garden and the nineteenth century. installed the ornate iron gates. The views along the Lime Avenue are very impressive, especially in the early spring 5. Elizabeth Blackwell Herb when it is carpeted with Garden snowdrops, daffodils, and This section is inspired by then bluebells. Elizabeth Blackwell’s A Curious Herbal, one of many fascinating books in our collection. A 7. The Wilderness guide to different plants and Dating back to the seventeenth their medicinal uses, Blackwell century, a ‘wilderness’ is a wooded undertook this ambitious area that appears natural but project to free her husband from is in fact deliberately planted. debtors’ prison. It was published The desirability of a wilderness One-Way Route in 1737-1739 to great acclaim survived the transition to the Gravel paths enabling his release. English Landscape style, and it Grass (unmade) paths remained a feature of eighteenth- Seating area 6. The Shrubbery Walk century garden design. Having a In Jane Austen’s time, it was ‘wilderness’ part of the garden was typical for a manor house to fashionable in Jane Austen’s era and include a shrubbery walk like a wilderness is referred to in Pride Please keep left at the entrance and follow the one-way routes. this circular route, where the and Prejudice. ladies of the house could take You can picnic on the South Lawn. 1 their exercise.