---
title: "Max Gate"
date: "2021-04-29T08:16:34+01:00"
modified: "2021-04-29T08:20:03+01:00"
url: "https://heritage.humanists.uk/max-gate/"
post_id: 4210
categories: ["Arts", "Philosophy", "Science"]
tags: ["Agnosticism", "Literature"]
---

# Max Gate

Max Gate is the former home of [Thomas Hardy](https://heritage.humanists.uk/thomas-hardy-1840-1928/) in Dorchester, Dorset.







Hardy designed and lived in Max Gate from 1885 until his death in 1928. It was here that he wrote *Tess of the d’Urbervilles*, *Jude the Obscure*, and *The Mayor of Casterbridge*, as well as much of his poetry.







![](https://heritage.humanists.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/Thomas-Hardy-Max_Gate-Wiki-Commons-CC.jpg)[Max Gate, Dorchester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Gate), Dorset by [DeFacto](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DeFacto). Licensed [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)







The house contains several pieces of Hardy’s furniture, and a garden kept much as it was designed.







### Read more







[National Trust: Max Gate](https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/max-gate)







 See also 
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- [    Thomas Hardy  ](https://heritage.humanists.uk/thomas-hardy-1840-1928/)
- [    Down House  ](https://heritage.humanists.uk/down-house/)
- [    Kelmscott Manor  ](https://heritage.humanists.uk/kelmscott-manor/)
- [    National Portrait Gallery  ](https://heritage.humanists.uk/national-portrait-gallery-london/)