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Cob and thatch building in England

Thomas Hardy's Cottage
Thomas Hardy's Cottage
Type	Cob and thatch building
Location	Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Built	1800
Original use	Birthplace of author Thomas Hardy
Governing body	National Trust

Thomas Hardy's Cottage, in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, is a small cob and thatch building that is the birthplace of the English author Thomas Hardy. He was born there in 1840 and lived in the cottage until he was aged 34—during which time he wrote the novels Under the Greenwood Tree (1872) and Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)—when he left home to be married to Emma Gifford.

The cottage was built by Hardy's great-grandfather in 1800. It is now a National Trust property, and a popular tourist attraction. The property has a typical cottage garden, and the interior displays furniture which, although not from the Hardy family, is original to the period. The property is situated on the northern boundary of Thorncombe Wood. It is only three miles from Max Gate, the house that Hardy designed and lived in with Emma Gifford from 1885 until his death in 1928.

The cottage was given listed building status in 1956 and is listed Grade II the National Heritage List for England.

In 2012 the go ahead was given to a project to build a new visitor centre near the cottage. The project also included new trails in Thorncombe Wood. The project, which secured £525,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund, was a joint partnership between Dorset County Council and the National Trust. The visitor centre opened in September 2014.

References

^ "Thomas Hardy's Wessex, Higher Bockhampton, Dorset". The Guardian. London. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
"Hardy's cottage to be rented out". BBC News. 26 September 2006.
"The cottage where Hardy was born". National Trust. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
"Thorncombe woods". Dorset County Council. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
"Visitor Information". National Trust. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
"HARDY'S COTTAGE, Stinsford - 1119859 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ "Plans to transform Thomas Hardy's birthplace have been given the green light with funding from Heritage Lottery Fund". National Trust. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
^ "Thomas Hardy visitor centre opens in Dorset". BBC News. 29 September 2014.

External links

Hardy's Cottage – National Trust

v t e Thomas Hardy
Novels	The Poor Man and the Lady (1867) Desperate Remedies (1871) Under the Greenwood Tree (1872) A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873) Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) The Hand of Ethelberta (1876) The Return of the Native (1878) The Trumpet-Major (1880) A Laodicean (1881) Two on a Tower (1882) The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) The Woodlanders (1887) Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891/92) Jude the Obscure (1895) The Well-Beloved (1897)
Short story collections	Wessex Tales (1888) A Group of Noble Dames (1891) Life's Little Ironies (1894) A Changed Man and Other Tales (1913)
Short stories	"The Three Strangers" (1883) "A Mere Interlude" (1885) "Alicia's Diary" (1887) "Barbara of the House of Grebe" (1891) "The Fiddler of the Reels" (1893) "A Tragedy of Two Ambitions" (1894)
Poetry collections	Wessex Poems and Other Verses (1898) Poems of the Past and the Present (1901) Time's Laughingstocks (1909) Poems 1912–13 Satires of Circumstance (1914) Moments of Vision (1917) Late Lyrics (1922) Human Shows (1925) Winter Words (1928)
Poems	"Neutral Tones" (1898) "The Darkling Thrush" (1900) "The Ruined Maid" (1901) "The Respectable Burgher" (1901) "The Man He Killed" (1902) "A Trampwoman's Tragedy" (1903) "The Convergence of the Twain" (1915) "The Blinded Bird" (1916)
Plays	The Dynasts (1904–1908) The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall (1923)
Life	Thomas Hardy's Cottage Max Gate Emma Gifford (first wife) Florence Dugdale (second wife)
Related	Thomas Hardy's Wessex Egdon Heath Winter Words (song cycle)

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