Wolfeton House

Wolfeton House

Wolfeton House is a manor house in Dorset, England. [ http://www.touruk.co.uk/houses/housedor_wolf.htm ] [ Journal of the British Archeological Association, 1907, pp 176 - 182 ] It is situated north-west of Dorchester and near to the village of Charminster. The compact original courtyard section of the current building dates back to about 1480. Possibly dating back to Roman times, the house has been the country seat of several families, including the Mohuns and Trenchards.

"A Thomas Hardy Dictionary" states this house may have been "The Manor-House of the Drenghards" in Hardy's "The Lady Penelope." [ [http://www.victorianweb.org/photos/hardy/35.html Allingham, Philip V. caption to photo of "Wolfeton House, Dorcester, Dorset [Hardy's Manor-House of the Drenghards] ", 2002] ] [ Saxelby, "A Thomas Hardy Dictionary", G. Routledge & Sons, 1911 page xii ]

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* [http://www.dorsetmagazine.co.uk/the-magazine-dorset-interiors-wolfeton-house--5115 Booton, Peter. "Dorset Interiors: Wolfeton House", "Dorset Magazine]


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