MAX GATE

Author Thomas Hardy himself drew up the plans for this beautiful and charming Victorian house, where he spent the second half of his life until his death in 1928, just a stone's throw from the house where he was born and downtown Dorchester. He wrote many of his most famous books and poetry here, and some of his original furniture remains. By building this house, Thomas Hardy wanted to show that he belonged to the wealthy middle classes of the region and symbolize his fame as a writer.