Country House Culture: Architecture in the Age of Jane Austen

Led by Executive Director and Curator Jennifer Carlquist, this illustrated lecture examines the late-18th and early-19th-century architecture Jane Austen knew, from houses where she lived and visited to important buildings used as settings for Austen adaptations.

Drawing on photographs, film stills, and period renderings, it explores how architecture shaped daily life and later visual interpretations of Austen’s world, and how this architectural sample influenced country houses such as Boscobel while continuing to inform our understanding of the period in England and America.

This is part of our larger Winter Sunday Salons: a series of public programs that invite curiosity and connection through history, literature, music, and culture. Offering a range of performances, lectures, and interactive events, this season’s salons commemorate the 250th birthday of Jane Austen and her enduring legacy.