Chastleton House and Garden

Explore Chastleton House, a place described as 'preserved as it is, not as it was'.

Stroll through the beautiful and intriguing Jacobean garden. Spot a 400 year old tree, find the kitchen garden and count the topiary in the Best Garden.

Find out about Walter Whitmore Jones, the man behind the rules of Croquet.

In February 2018 we welcomed to Chastleton three new cats to the site to play, catch and roam at their leisure.

Did you know that Chastleton is home to a series of bat roosts? Find out about the results of the recent bat survey done at Chastleton.

The direct descendant's of the Jones family lived and owned Chastleton for just over 200 years before passing to another branch of the family. Find out about some of these characters here.

The Whitmore-Jones's were cousins of the Jones family and directly managed and lived at Chastleton for 70 years during the middle part of the 19th century. You can find out about some these characters here.

From 1897 to 1933 the house at Chastleton was leased out to tenants. It passed back to the family in 1933. Find out about some of the people involved in the life of Chastleton in the 20th century and beyond.

Chastleton House has more than 150 volunteers and we're always on the look out for more, because without this fantastic team, we simply wouldn't be able to continue our work here.

The North Cotswold Association enjoy regular coach outings to various places and spaces of interest, as well as helping to promote the work of the National Trust.

Find out about the major conservation and restoration project at Chastleton between 1991 and 1997 that helped to save it for the nation.

Find out how one of our paintings, St Augustine, was conserved earlier on this year.

This year we started a major project to revive the Best Garden at Chastleton. Follow Senior Gardener Rosy Sutton's progress diary to keep up to date with how the project is coming along.

Find out about the Juxon Bible at Chastleton, thought to be the bible used to read King Charles I last rights at his execution.

Sold by the family at Chastleton in the 1960s, the National Trust purchased the Jacobite Glass in 1991 and brought it back home. Find out more about its history here.