For more information about the planning applications below visit the Chichester District Council or South Downs National Park Authority websites – or take a look at last week’s planning applications ...

Civilizations from Stone Age Scotland to the eighth-century Maya to 13th-century African empires have used dry stone walling ...

Wilkerson installs a roof over shingles the DIY way.

For more information about the listed planning applications below visit the Arun District Council website – or take a look at ...

More than a million homes in the UK now have solar panels. They're a guaranteed way to use truly renewable electricity, but many people are not sure about whether to invest. Some are put off by ...

Even though flat roofs can instantly make a home look more opulent and intentionally designed, they take a fraction of both the time and the money it would take to install a traditional pitched roof.

16 fire crews tackle thatch roof blaze in Bardwell At the height of the incident at 4.43pm on Saturday, April 19, 16 crews were fighting the inferno, including Ipswich's Princes Street, Beccles ...

The oldest building in Weston-super-Mare has become an even more prominent seafront landmark thanks to the installation of a new thatched roof. The new feature has been carefully constructed ...

A dramatic picture shows the devastating aftermath of a large house fire involving thatched roofs in North Devon last week. A major response from Devon and Somerset Fire Service was called to a ...

Thatched roofs add character to a home, but they’re also trickier to fix and heighten your home’s risk of fire, pest damage and leaking. This can make home insurance more expensive and harder to find.

A thatch roof collapsed after a fire broke out in a Suffolk village. The fire started at about 6.32pm on Thursday at a detached home in Church Road in Little Thurlow, near Haverhill.

Supplies of straw for thatched roofs are low due to three poor harvests, says a thatcher A thatcher with a three-year waiting list for his services said a shortage of straw had caused problems for ...