Tour

The Ponsonby Women of Jane Austen’s England

22 August 2025
3:45pm-4:45pm
£15

Join our Collections Coordinator for this special tour of the State Rooms at Stansted House.

Join our Collections Coordinator for a special tour of the State Rooms, exploring the fascinating stories of the Ponsonby women who lived during Jane Austen’s lifetime.

During this one-hour tour, we will discuss the lives of the Ponsonby women from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, Lady Caroline Lamb, Sarah Ponsonby, Lady Maria Fane, and Catherine Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans.

Why not book tickets for Chapterhouse Theatre’s performance of Pride and Prejudice in the beautiful Walled Gardens afterwards?

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Stansted Park, Rowland's Castle, West Sussex, PO9 6DX
02392 412265

Opening times

Stansted House is open from Easter Sunday until the end of September each year. Our opening times are Sunday-Tuesday, 1pm-5pm with last admission to the House at 4pm.

Stansted House is open for pre-booked Guided Group Visits throughout the year.

Please check our website before you travel as the House is sporadically closed for private functions during the season.

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