Britain has many thatched cottages that have become a standard for what most traditional ones should look like. In fact, ...

One of London's largest and oldest thatched roofs, on a 15th-century Tithe Barn, is currently being removed and replaced with ...

A thatcher has shared his most "unusual" find made while working on a roof - a pair of shoes believed to date back two ...

The latter is not only of interest for its collections, but also for its location. This is the Upminster Tithe Barn, a ...

Picturesque thatched roofs were once a common part of the cultural ... “Nevertheless, we were lucky and became acquainted with one of the last masters of this traditional building technology ...

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--Villagers in this renowned UNESCO World Heritage site came together to re-thatch the roof of a multitiered house here for the first time in five years on May 13.

"I quite often find thatching tools in the roof ... But the find he came across last year while preparing a roof for a new dormer window was "slightly different". "We were stripping it right ...