Hardy's Dorset: Higher Bockhampton, Max Gate and Clouds Hill
South West, England
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Hardy's Dorset: Higher Bockhampton, Max Gate and Clouds Hill
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Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 in the thatched cottage at Higher Bockhampton, and he designed Max Gate in Dorchester for himself and lived there until he died in 1928; the Dorset Museum & Art Gallery keeps his collection. Near Bovington, T. E. Lawrence rented the small cottage of Clouds Hill from 1923, bought it in 1925 as a retreat, and moved in on leaving the RAF in 1935, weeks before his death.
Required Activities
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of 4
Visit Thomas Hardy's Cottage at Higher Bockhampton, the thatched house where he was born in 1840
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of 4
Visit Max Gate in Dorchester, the house Hardy designed for himself and lived in until his death in 1928
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of 4
See the Hardy collection at the Dorset Museum & Art Gallery in Dorchester
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of 4
Tour Clouds Hill, the small cottage near Bovington that T. E. Lawrence bought in 1925 and moved into in 1935, weeks before his death
Visit Thomas Hardy's Cottage at Higher Bockhampton, the thatched house where he was born in 1840
Visit Max Gate in Dorchester, the house Hardy designed for himself and lived in until his death in 1928
See the Hardy collection at the Dorset Museum & Art Gallery in Dorchester
Tour Clouds Hill, the small cottage near Bovington that T. E. Lawrence bought in 1925 and moved into in 1935, weeks before his death
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Hardy's Cottage, Max Gate and Clouds Hill open from March to October.
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