About 50 firefighters were called to the blaze, which spread through the Grade II listed building in South Street, Dorchester ...

A building where the author Thomas Hardy trained as an architect has been left a charred wreck after a fire. The blaze on ...

A building where the author Thomas Hardy trained as an architect has been left a charred wreck after a fire. The blaze on ...

With the help of specially commissioned drawings by Matthew Rice, Jeremy Musson considers the abiding presence of the ...

The building where the Victorian novelist and poet Thomas Hardy worked as an apprentice architect has been gutted by fire. About 50 firefighters tackled the blaze as it tore through the historic ...

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The Thomas Hardy Society said ... The plaque stated the novelist and poet trained at the building as an apprentice architect to John Hicks between 1856-1862. Hardy designed and built his home ...