Christmas at Poxwell Manor

Festive fun at Hardy's Oxwell Hall

Date:  Sunday, 21st December 2025

Time:  2pm to 5pm

Cost:  £20 THS Members / £30 Non-Members

Venue: Poxwell Manor, Poxwell, Dorset, DT2 8ND

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Join the owners and members of the Thomas Hardy Society for a special fund-raising Christmas event.

Enjoy Mulled Wine, Mince Pies, Carols and Hardy Readings in a friendly atmosphere around a blazing fire in this wonderful home.

A delightful event to put you in the mood for your own Christmas festivities! By kind invitation of Ken Young and Sarah Gregson.

Thomas Hardy describes the fictional Oxwell Hall as a "rambling and neglected dwelling," a "crumbling place" with a "grey, weather-worn" facade where fungi grew in the larder and cress colonized the plaster. This description is a stark contrast to the real-life Poxwell Manor, the inspiration for Oxwell Hall, which Hardy used in The Trumpet-Major. 

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