Description

STINSFORD
SY 79 SW HIGHER BOCKHAMPTON

8/136 Hardy's Cottage

26.1.56

- II

Detached cottage. Left section c1800, right section c1840. Brick walls
with some flint banding - a facing on cob. Upper walls plastered cob.
Hipped thatched roof, roof of right section slightly lower. Brick end and
centre stacks. One storey and attic. Brick porch with shallow pitched lead
roof. Ledged door. Evidence of 2 blocked doors. Ground floor has 4
casements, 2 with glazing bars, 2 with lead lights. Attic has 3 slightly
dormered windows, 2 with glazing bars, one with lead lights. At right end a
single storey extension, of brick with slate roof. Small single storey,
timber extension on front of this. Internally, main ground floor room has
large open fireplace with timber lintel. Bread oven with access from room
on right. Old brick and stone floors. Early panelled doors, possibly
brought from elsewhere. Birthplace of Thomas Hardy in 1840, and built by
his great grandfather. Good unspoiled example of Dorset cottage. A
National Trust property. (RCHM Monument 8 Dorset Vol II)

Listing NGR: SY7283692498

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Thomas Hardy's Cottage at Wikipedia
• Thomas Hardy's Cottage official website
• Wikidata Q5859508

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)