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A visit to the Weymouth Sands of John Cowper Powys
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The house on the cliff is a relatively uncommon example of an isolated house since, as Frank Heath wrote: "Scattered over the island are various hamlets mostly of ancient origin, which all more or less exhibit traces of their former character. The local type of dwelling-house, where it has been permitted to remain, is of simple but pleasing style. These houses are stone built... sometimes thatched, and often have a porch, the entrance to which is set at right angles to the inner door so as to afford protection from the wind.
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The majority of these simple homesteads are not earlier than the 18th cent., but a few are of Tudor date, including a charming example known as Avice Cottage, now a museum." (Dorset by Frank R. Heath, Methuen & Co, 1949)
Avice Cottage built in 1640, was later named thus after the three Avices in Thomas Hardy's The Well-Beloved. It was given to be a museum in 1929 by Dr. Marie Stopes.
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