Athelhampton is one of the finest 15thC manors. Its Tudor Great Hall is exceptional. Its Grade 1 listed award winning gardens date from 1891.   Entrance fee: Adults £8.50. Concessions.
Daytime Tel: 01305 848363
Email: enquiry@athelhampton.co.uk
Website: www.athelhampton.co.uk

A Queen Anne manor house with a 5 acre garden including lawns, colourful herbaceous borders and a new rose garden.   Entrance fee: £3.50
Daytime Tel: 01258 830858
Email: noemail@anywhere.com
Website: www.aboutbritain.com/chettlehouse.htm

The rural retreat of TE.Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) who bought this isolated cottage in 1925.   Entrance fee: £3.10

A charming blend of Tudor and Georgian architecture with an interesting interior.   Entrance fee: £3.00

Thomas Hardy was born in this small cottage in 1840 and, from her, went to school in Dorchester. The cottage has remained largely unchanged.   Entrance fee: £3.00

An atmospheric L-shaped 16th century house. It looks out over the downs , solitary and beautiful. Tours by the owner  

Home of the Bankes family for 300 years, this 17th century house was substantially altered in the substantially altered in the 19th.   Season: 20 March-31 October
Entrance fee: £7.20 house and grounds
Daytime Tel: 01202 883402
Email: kingstonlacy@nationaltrust.org.uk
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wessex

An Elizabethan mansion of the 1590Æs, extended in the 1660Æs and redecorated in the 18th century. The interior is primarily Jacobean in character   Entrance fee: £2.50
Daytime Tel: 01308 862 645
Email: office@mapperton.com
Website: www.mapperton.com

Home of the novelist and poet,Thomas Hardy. He designed this house and lived in it from 1885 until his death in 1926.   Entrance fee: £2.60

A fine medieval and Elizabethan manor house lying at the confluence of two rivers.   Entrance fee: £4.00
Daytime Tel: 01305 263500
Email: kthimbleby@wolfeton.freeserve.co.uk
Website: www.touruk.co.uk/houses/housedor_wolf.htm