Chastleton House
A Jacobean country house built for a wealthy wool merchant, whose long family ownership left an unusually layered record of domestic life.
Chastleton House est un château situé à Chastleton, England, au Royaume-Uni. Le registre le désigne comme « Grade I listed building ». Données issues de Wikidata.
Register entry — CHASTLETON HOUSE. National Heritage List for England reference: 1197988. Recorded designation: Grade I listed building.
First listed: 1954-12-15. This is the listing date, not a construction date.
Source: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1197988
The register identity was cross-checked against the official record name, coordinates and grade on 21 October 2026.
An English editorial overview and visiting guidance are available in this dossier. Check the linked official information for current opening times, access and booking arrangements.
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- Jacobean country house
- Royaume-Uni
- Chastleton
- South East England
- other
- 1954-12-15
Lecture éditoriale
The National Trust dates Chastleton House to 1607–1612 and identifies its builder as the wool merchant Walter Jones. The house expressed commercial success and social ambition, but its later history followed a different course. The same family retained it until 1991 while its financial circumstances declined.
That history helps explain the survival of interiors and contents with relatively little wholesale modernisation. The operator describes gradual wear rather than a house repeatedly renewed to the latest fashion. The interest lies partly in these accumulated traces of use, not simply in architectural style or an idealised reconstruction of Jacobean life.
Our editorial reading: compare the ambitious original house with the more fragile material record left by later generations. Avoid treating every surviving object or finish as part of the original building campaign.
Source: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/oxfordshire-buckinghamshire-berkshire/chastleton (checked 21 October 2026).
Conseils de visite
Allow time for the house's interiors and collections rather than expecting a conventional country-estate day out. Check the current official admission calendar and accessibility guidance before travelling.
Localisation et visite
Confirmez les horaires, les conditions d’accès et les réservations auprès du lieu lui-même. Ces indications suivent la notice source.
Sources et crédits
Notice source : Wikidata
Notice source : Eigen redactie
Notice source : National Heritage List for England (Historic England)
Notice source : Wikimedia Commons
Explorer la région
D’après le pays et la région enregistrés. Le découpage européen est un choix éditorial. Ce lien ouvre la collection régionale en anglais, avec des lieux de plusieurs Mondes et des publications liées.