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 ...

Find out more about the Dorset gardens loved by Thomas Hardy. Wyke Regis Horticultural Society is hosting an evening talk by Caps Browning-Smith, head gardener, explaining the work in the gardens at ...

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The unwavering gaze of Thomas Hardy looks out from a hilltop, affording the Victorian writer - or, rather, a statue of him - a sweeping view of the town he immortalized as Casterbridge and the rustic ...

Plans to turn the birthplace of Thomas Hardy into a holiday cottage have been dropped after fans of the Dorset author spoke out against them. The National Trust, which owns the property at Higher ...

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 ...