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Came View Close, DORCHESTER, DT1 2AF

The DT1 postcode district covers urban Dorchester, with DT2 covering a vast rural area around the town. This is the only part of DT1 which falls outside the natural town boundaries of the river to the north and the by-pass to the south. The Came View estate indeed looks out over the parish of Winterborne Came, to the south. The Elizabeth II-reign postbox is emptied finally at 5:15pm on weekdays and at 11:30am on Saturdays.

The wall on the right side of the road is the boundary wall of Max Gate

Thomas Hardy's house on the edge of Dorchester is surrounded by trees and garden just like the cottage not far away where he spent his early years. The guide book says he especially liked the trees and wouldn't let his gardener cut them back.

Hardy designed and built this house for himself in 1885 and lived there until his death in 1928. At this villa, Thomas Hardy wrote some of his greatest works including The Woodlanders, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, The Dynasts, and over nine hundred poems.

Designed and lived in by Thomas Hardy.

Max Gate is the Victorian villa which Thomas Hardy designed and built for himself in 1885. The House gives an insight into another facet of Hardy's genius - as an architect designing the environment in which he wished to live and write. It remained his home for over 40 years, until his death in 1928 and 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles','Jude the Obscure', and the 'Mayor of Casterbridge' were all written here, as well as much of his poetry. Several pieces of Hardy's furniture are on display. It now belongs to the National Trust and is open on Monday, Wednesday and Sunday, April-September. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-maxgate/

Max Gate is the Victorian villa which Thomas Hardy designed and built for himself in 1885. The House gives an insight into another facet of Hardy's genius - as an architect designing the environment in which he wished to live and write. It remained his home for over 40 years, until his death in 1928 and 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles','Jude the Obscure', and the 'Mayor of Casterbridge' were all written here, as well as much of his poetry. Several pieces of Hardy's furniture are on display. It now belongs to the National Trust and is open on Monday, Wednesday and Sunday, April-September. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-maxgate/

Grade I listed house. It was designed and built by Thomas Hardy for his own use in 1885 and he lived there until his death in 1928. In 1940 it was bequeathed to the National Trust by Hardy's sister with the stipulation that it should be lived in. It was first opened to the public in 1994 with restricted access and limited opening times for a few days a week due to the occupation by private tenants. In 2011 a National Trust volunteer took up residence allowing access five days a week and now it is open most days. Many of the Austrian pines which Hardy planted against the winds of the nearby heath and the prying eyes were cut down by the second Mrs Hardy in the interval between his death and hers nine years later.

Thomas Hardy's house on Came View Road, Dorchester. Now managed by the National Trust.