GIFT SHOP From books and literary- inspired jewellery, to home and garden-ware, you can pick up a unique gift or souvenir during your visit. Historic House - Library - Gardens There are pocket money Tearoom - Shop gifts for little ones, as well as books to start them on their journey into bibliophilia!

PLANNING YOUR VISIT There is no House admission fee to The Old Kitchen Chawton, Alton visit the tearoom, Tearoom housed in the GU34 1SJ old kitchen and complete with original interiors and a sunny Visitor season: 3 March - 30 December 2020 “I went up to the Great House & courtyard. Open every day: 11.00am-4.30pm dawdled away an hour very Enjoy a homemade Admission fee applicable: comfortably” , 1814 slice of cake with a • Historic Houses Association Pass - Free hot cup of tea or select • Art Fund Pass - 50% Off something seasonal and • Tearoom entry - Free freshly made from the Please check website for admission fees and planned closures light lunch menu. before you visit. weekdays: 10.00am-4.00pm Accessibility weekends & bank holidays: 11.00-4.00pm Concession rates and accessible parking are available to disabled visitors, although wheelchair access is limited. Please call in advance for guidance. VOLUNTEERING Groups Whether it’s welcoming visitors, giving tours, or Discounts and guided tours are available to groups of helping in the library, Chawton House volunteers 10+. Contact [email protected] for details. undertake a huge range of tasks to support the team throughout the year. 01420 541 010 [email protected] Please contact Volunteer Manager, Ian Beveridge, www.chawtonhouse.org if you’d like to get involved: @chawtonhouse [email protected] Registered Charity Name: Chawton House Library Charity no. 1026921 Company No. 2851718 HOUSE GARDEN Chawton House was Jane Austen was a owned by Jane Austen’s frequent visitor to the brother Edward, and estate, and some believe known to her as ‘the that the landscape in Great House’. was modelled upon Chawton Jane lived in a cottage House. on the estate and would EARLY WOMEN WRITERS stroll up to ‘dawdle Explore the Jane Austen away’ many an hour in New for 2020 are permanent galleries garden trail, taking in the the grand Elizabethan dedicated to early women writers. sweeping south lawn, a manor. Delve into stories of fascinating women lime avenue with distant such as Mary views into the parkland Visitors can soak up the Mary ‘Perdita’ Robinson (1757-1800) Robinson, Frances beyond, and a ‘wilderness’ which visitors can homely atmosphere of the meander through. beautifully restored rooms Burney, and Lady and see Austen family Mary Wortley A particular highlight is the Walled Garden, heirlooms, such as the Montagu to find built by Edward Austen, and referred to in Jane dining table at which Jane out what drove Austen’s letters. Here, visitors can explore a physic enjoyed family meals. them to write, garden and see a wide variety of heritage fruit in what they wrote the orchard. about, and how they challenged Man Up! Women who stepped perceptions of into a man’s world their sex. The 2020 exhibition Whilst here you highlights stories of women can also explore the library, breathe in who stepped into male roles. the leather-bound books and discover By picking up a pen, more about Chawton House’s astonishing pistol or sword, keeping collection of over 15,000 volumes including control over their first and early editions, original manuscripts, inheritance, adopting and paintings. fake names or taking to the high seas, they broke with convention to survive and thrive.