Why The house is set in 1.25 acres of mature gardens with fruit trees, vegetable beds, a potting shed and topiary bay trees.

A new school in Ireland is training up a fresh generation of thatchers in a bid to save the country's disappearing thatched ...

DECLAN: Hmm. Well, come to think of it Pip, it takes a lot to build a cottage like that. What makes this home so unusual is its thatched roof, made from dry straw and reeds that have been tightly ...

The fire crews came in our back garden, they doused the cottage next door to prevent that from being set alight. '[A thatched roof] is a blessing and a curse, it is picturesque.' Neighbour Angela ...

Whether mansions or cottages, Tudor exteriors have an unmistakable ... escaped a home through a simple hole in the roof. Older Tudors had thatched roofs, but more updated builds will have a ...

He grew up in County Donegal, the part of Ireland with the highest number of surviving thatched cottages. "When I'm up on a roof I can almost hear the music that was played inside in years past ...

Named for England’s Tudor period ... were able to build cottages and manor homes well insulated from the cold with stucco, sturdy log timbers, and sloped thatched roofs. Though the style ...