Chavenage House
Favoured by film crews, an Elizabethan family home built of Cotswold stone.
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8XP
Disabled Access.
Chavenage is an Elizabethan building retaining many of its original features (dating from before 1576). As a result, there is unfortunately no wheelchair access, and there are steps and uneven floors throughout the house.
Health and Safety Advice.
In the gardens there are uneven surfaces, non-edible plants, low branches, and slippery surfaces in wet weather. In the building there are some steep stone steps, low doorways, uneven and slippery floors, and other steps not immediately obvious. Children should always be accompanied while visiting Chavenage.
Part of the tour requires visitors to go upstairs.
Chavenage House will adhere to both Governmental Guidelines and Public Health Guidance at the time of any visit.
Chavenage dates back to 1420 and has been a home for only two families since the reign of Elizabeth I. The main historical interest is centred upon the English Civil War, at which time the house was owned by Col. Nathaniel Stephens MP.
A feature room is the tapestried Oliver Cromwell Room. From this period, the ‘Legend of Chavenage’ has arisen, with the headless ghost of Charles I, arriving at the house in a coach to collect the body of Col. Stephens, on departure the coach disappears into a fireball at the gates of the Manor House. Mapping for the D-Day landings was carried out by an American topographical unit in 1944.
Visitors may recognise Chavenage from Television productions, such as the comedy series ‘Grace and Favour’ featuring John Inman and Molly Sugden, or from episodes of the more dramatic Hercule Poirot, House of Elliot, and Cider with Rosie. Scenes from ‘Bonekickers’ ‘New Worlds’, Tess of the D’Urbervilles’, the critically acclaimed ‘Wolf Hall’, were also shot at Chavenage. The House featured as Candleford Manor in ‘Lark Rise to Candleford’ and much of the supernatural ‘The Living and The Dead’ was shot at Chavenage. The house featured as Trenwith House in the hugely popular Poldark and played Randalls in the 2020 feature film Emma. Recent credits include Sanditon, McDonald and Dodds, Am I being Unreasonable and The Lazarus Project. 2024 saw further filming for a Disney production of Jilly Cooper’s ‘Rivals’.
Disabled Access.
Chavenage is an Elizabethan building retaining many of its original features (dating from before 1576). As a result, there is unfortunately no wheelchair access, and there are steps and uneven floors throughout the house.
Health and Safety Advice.
In the gardens there are uneven surfaces, non-edible plants, low branches, and slippery surfaces in wet weather. In the building there are some steep stone steps, low doorways, uneven and slippery floors, and other steps not immediately obvious. Children should always be accompanied while visiting Chavenage.
Part of the tour requires visitors to go upstairs.
Chavenage House will adhere to both Governmental Guidelines and Public Health Guidance at the time of any visit.