The development has a house manager and 24 hour Careline. Residents benefit from a residents' lounge and there is a lift to all floors. There are maintained communal gardens.
Dorchester is mentioned in the Domesday Book and was once the Roman town of Durnovaria. Today it is the county town with a modern shopping centre stretching along the high street with its many elegant Portland Stone buildings including among them Boots, Marks and Spencer, WH Smith and other well known high street names.
Dorchester of course is forever ‘Hardys‘ town in which he set The Mayor of Casterbridge. He lived in nearby Bockhampton. Judge Jeffreys is reputed to have held his courtroom in the Antelope Hotel and the Tolpuddle Martyrs were tried in The Shire Hall before being dispatched to Australia. Dorchester remains an attractive and busy county town with its traditional Wednesday markets. |
