Extensive work is being carried out at the 19th Century cottage, but why is the site so important?

An English cottage with a roof thatched with straw or reeds was once considered a hallmark of poverty—fit only for those who couldn’t afford tiles or slate. Today, thatched-roof houses sell at premium ...

You can’t but love Ireland’s thatched cottages – quaint, historic, each one its own self-contained story. Thatching, while not nearly as popular as it once was, is still an option for homebuilders, ...

With its thatched-roofed and Tudor-style chimney stacks, this historic five-bedroom cottage in Essex, England, known as Gloriana, looks like something out of a fairytale. “This house is one of the ...

A Co Wexford musician with incurable cancer has been refused planning permission to replace the deteriorating thatched roof on his protected 1840 cottage, despite claims that damp and mould inside the ...

GRASPING AT STRAWS is all the rage among a growing number of British homeowners, as Mark Phillips now shows us: When it comes to housing design, it's hard to get more retro than this: a thatched roof, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 10 crews attended the scene near Stansted on New Year's Eve [Essex County Fire & Rescue] An investigation is taking place after 10 ...

The charming Wells Cottage in Ballyedmond with a thatched roof. The charming Wells Cottage in Ballyedmond with a thatched roof. The charming Wells Cottage in ...

Nestled behind hedges on a corner lot in Spokane’s historic Rockwood district, the William and Margaret Solby House is the ...

The previous owners of a 300-year-old cottage that was mysteriously demolished have revealed they are disappointed by the decision. Villagers have been left baffled by the identity of a local ...