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This stunning manor house looks like something straight out of a Thomas Hardy novel... and that's because it is.

Historic Poxwell Manor, which was used by Hardy in The Trumpet-Major as the main residence of the story's heroine, is now on the market for £3.25million.

The Grade I listed house, near Hardy's hometown of Dorchester in Dorset, comes with 10 acres of land, a three-bedroom cottage and a range of traditional barns