The porch at Thomas Hardy's cottage is set to be taken down and rebuilt to its original design. The timber and felt porch at the National Trust property in Higher Bockhampton in Dorset has been found ...

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THOMAS Hardy would no doubt have chuckled had he looked down at his old Dorset pad from the great poets' corner in the sky. Our pet dog Eddie had taken a leaf from Hardy's naughty terrier, Wessex, and ...

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WHETHER you fancy yourself as The Mayor Of Casterbridge or are just trying to keep your little Tess happy in the school holidays, Hardy country has a lot to offer, with its beautiful, undulating ...

Plans to turn the birthplace of Thomas Hardy into a holiday cottage have angered fans of the Dorset author. The National Trust, which owns the property at Higher Bockhampton, said it needed to ensure ...

THOMAS Hardy wrote Far From The Madding Crowd. Now, having spent a blissful escape in the author’s home county, the title of one of his best-loved novels gives a clue as to just how idyllic Dorset ...

The felt porch will be rebuilt with a corrugated iron roof seen in the author's drawings The porch at Thomas Hardy's cottage is set to be taken down and rebuilt to its original design. The timber and ...

With the release of the latest film adaptation of Far from the Madding Crowd, the locations that inspired its famous writer will once again be seen on the big screen. Carey Mulligan, Matthias ...