Chastleton

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Chastleton is a Cotswolds village in Oxfordshire, England. It has a 12th-century village Church, next to which stands Chastleton House.

Chastleton House is one of England's finest and most complete Jacobean houses. Completed in 1612, it has been occupied by members of the same family for almost four hundred years. It is now owned by the National Trust who opened the property to the public in 1997 after six years of conservation work. The house is full of objects accumulated by the family over the years - rare tapestries, portraits, furniture, as well as personal belongings, some just lying around, like walking sticks and wellington boots. The gardens are typically Elizabethan and Jacobean, with a ring of topiary at their heart.