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Quadrangular castle built in 1370. Not open for visitors but you can stay there. https://www.visit-dorset.com/listing/woodsford/112486301/ & https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/woodsford-castle-13233/#Overview

Nice to look at although you cannot go into the grounds. I think you can rent it through the Landmark Trust. Woodsford Castle is a rare survivor of one side of a medieval fortified manor house. Standing near the River Frome the thatched roof is reputed to be the largest in Dorset. There is a convenient to pull in to have look.

The hall is a Grade I listed 15th-century country house retaining much of its original Tudor character including a magnificent Great Hall with fine hammerbeam roof, and a recently restored Elizabethan Kitchen with a magnificent fireplace. It is surrounded by some 20 acres of gardens originally designed by Inigo Thomas in the 1890s, which are Grade I listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.  The house and gardens are privately owned but are open for public visits almost all of the year, and are a member of Historic Houses.

This is the surviving part of a 14th-century castle, a rambling wing of great interest and charm, deep in Hardy country just outside Dorchester. Its roof has one of the largest expanses of thatch in the county. Just one side of the quadrangular castle, built in 1370 and probably added to an existing group of buildings, remains today.

dating from the c14th and the thatch roof is the largest of an inhabited building in the country. Owned by the landmark trust.

Described by Pevsner 'The Late Elizabethan E-plan Manor House refined to a point of perfection". One of Dorset’s Elizabethan gems (1597) a rare E-plan house. Built around 1597 and surrounded by Capability Browns landscaped gardens. In the late 1950's Dorset County Council wanted to demolish it which led to a public outcry, perhaps not surprisingly.

Good places to eat: Posh Partridge,Potter in, Cornish Bakery & numerous Coffee shops. Finca (my family coffee queen says it is best coffee and independent) is a good refuel stop either in Poundbury or two outlets in the town centre:https://fincacoffee.co.uk/pages/our-locations Dorset Museum revamped and really rather good. Taste cafe within museum for refreshments. https://www.dorsetmuseum.org/ Shire museum good: http://shirehalldorset.org/ and has cafe and Hardy's home at Max Gate worth a look esp if NT members : https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/max-gate Take care out there.

One of the best preserved towns in the UK, Dorchester (AKA Casterbridge if you're Thomas Hardy) is beautiful. There's historic buildings on either side of you, narrow streets and some really good places to refuel after a ride, especially at Finca!