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

Firefighters tackling a fire in Dorchester at the site of the historic building where the Victorian novelist and poet Thomas Hardy worked (Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service/PA) PA Media The plaque ...

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 ...

About 50 firefighters tackled the blaze as it tore through the historic Grade II listed building in South Street, Dorchester, at 3.34am on Monday ... The plaque that remembered Hardy and his ...