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"In their THATCHED-ROOF COTTAGES!!"

The thatched-roof cottage is the dwelling of choice for many of the citizens of Peasantry. The peasants build them persistently, even though they are very easy for Trogdor to burninate. Rather Dashing used to reside in one of these cottages until it was burninated by Trogdor, an act which Rather Dashing attempts to avenge in Peasant's Quest.

The main objective of the game TROGDOR! is to step on enough peasants to gain the ability to burninate these cottages. It is also an important part of its board game adaptation, Trogdor!! The Board Game, and the platformer Trogday Micro Game.

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20 Gorgeous English Thatched Cottages

English thatched cottages are popular as homes, and with visitors from overseas as quintessentially English. We’ve compiled a list of some of the best examples – but let’s first see what a ‘thatched cottage’ actually is…

What Is A Thatched Cottage?

Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation like straw, water reed, sedge, rushes, or heather. The materials are layered, so any moisture is kept away from the inner roof.

This method is very old, and is still employed by some builders. In countries like England, thatched roofs are common on the oldest residential buildings.

In recent years, thatching has become the choice of some affluent home-buyers, who desire a rustic look, want a more earth-friendly home, or are replacing the roof on an originally thatched roof home.

So why do so many cottages in England have thatched roofs? Even into the late 1800s, thatching was really the only roofing material available to rural residents in England’s countryside.

Thatch became a symbol of poverty after other materials became available, but has seen a resurgence in popularity, especially among the wealthy. Once a symbol of poverty, thatched roofs have become a status symbol.

There are actually more thatched roof homes in England than in any other European country, and these roofs can last for up to 50 years if maintained well. Thatched roofs have become part of the very fabric of the English countryside, depicted in paintings, photographs, and other media.

The type of thatching used in English cottages varies depending on the region. Southern England cottages in Hampshire, Dorset, and Devon use a heavy layer of wheat straw to create the roof.

Roofs in Somerset and in some parts of Devon use wheat reed to create a cleaner line.

In East Anglia, roofs are made with Norfolk reed from the sea marshes and rivers. In Northern England, you’ll see roofs of heather.

We’ve assembled a list of some really beautiful examples of thatched-roof cottages from all around England. Please enjoy!

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1. Test Valley, Hampshire

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Cottage outside the Golden Pond Fishery in the beautiful Test valley in Hampshire, southern England. The roof is thick and sloping.

This cottage has gorgeous original glazed windows that speak to the attention paid to the maintenance of this building over the years.

2. Padbury, Buckingham

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Thick ivy grows outside of this stucco cottage with a traditional thatched roof.

Cottages in the English countryside are typically accompanied by a wild, seemingly untamed natural garden that adds to the quaint charm of the village.

3. Wiltshire, England

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Wisteria vines grow over the face of this stone thatched-roof residence. A newer brick chimney is visible beneath the roof.

Contrary to popular belief, thatched roofs are not a fire hazard and actually burn very slowly in the event of a fire.

4. Fairy Tale-Style Cottage

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Thatched roofs lend themselves beautifully to oddly-shaped homes. This cottage has lattice work over the facade and a veranda made of natural curved branches and tree-trunks.

The result is a cottage that looks at home in any medieval fairy tale.

5. Highwood in Hampshire

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A white stucco front is striking against the brown of the thatched roof.

The chimneys have been updated with brick at the top, and it appears as though some more modern roof tiles have been added, in a style that is popular in mainland Europe.

6. Great Tew, Oxfordshire

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This snow-encrusted cottage is located in Great Tew, Oxfordshire, and is not far from Blenheim Palace, making it and the village a great stop for sightseers.

While thatch might not seem like it’d hold up well to the snow, like with traditional roofs, the strength of the thatch roof is dependent on the roof structure below. This cottage features Tudor-era brickwork.

7. Birlingham, Worcestershire

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This village in the Cotswold is spacious enough for a family and has a romantic atmosphere perfect for a couple’s getaway.

The lovely gardens are punctuated with a pastel playhouse and multiple fruit trees.

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This lengthy cottage in Cornwall sits adjacent to a brick home with slate roof tiles instead of thatch.

The homes lie on a narrow pathway that simply adds to the charm of a small village. The gardens are overgrown and only hemmed in by a whitewashed garden wall.

9. Ten Penny Cottage, Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire

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Ten Penny Cottage is located in Welford-on-Avon. Visible behind this lovely traditional home is the tower of St. Peter’s church.

The yard is outlined by short stone walls with a well pump and gardening beds on either side.

10. Simpson, Milton Keynes

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The two sections of this lovely thatched roof building are made distinct by painting one half in a cream and the other in a bold white.

Twin chimneys add to the presence of the home.

11. Anne Hathaway’s Cottage

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Anne Hathaway’s Cottage is a 12 room farmhouse where Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare, lived as a child in Shottery, Warwickshire.

The earliest part of the surviving home was built prior to the 15th century, while the higher part of the home was built in the 17th.

This lovely building was restored in the 19th century by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, and both the home and the gardens are open to the public as a museum.

12. Knutsford, Cheshire

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This great example of the ‘black-and-white’ style of thatched cottage is located in Knutsford, one of the most affluent villages in Cheshire.

The lovely village is characterised by “sanding the streets” which means that the streets are decorated with colored sands in patterns and pictures.

While visiting the town, you can also visit the Knutsford Heritage Centre, which is located in a 17th century timber-framed building that was formerly a blacksmith’s forge in the 19th century.

13. Queniborough, Leicester

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Queniborough is a village in the county of Leicestershire, United Kingdom just north of Syston and to the north of Leicester.

The old part of the village has most of the thatched homes, some of which were built in the 16th century.

This is a small, quaint village with a few local shops like a butcher and delicatessen, as well as hairdressers.

This particular cottage dates from 1604.

14. Ashton under Hill, Worcester

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The tower of St. Barbara’s church can be seen to the far left of this lovely cottage in Ashton under Hill.

The tiny village has a population of less than 800, and was the home of author Fred Archer.

The village’s only church, St. Barbara’s, is reputedly the only church in England dedicated to the saint, who is alleged to provide protection from lightening strikes. The church celebrated its 1000th anniversary in 2015!

15. Piper Hill, Brigsley

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This small cottage is located in Brigsley, a small village in Lincolnshire.

The tiny village has less than 400 permanent residents, but is the home of an 11th century Anglican parish church, which also has a Norman tower with an early English nave and chancel.

16. Cockington Village, Devon

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This cottage is located in a picturesque village that was founded around 2,500 years ago in the Iron Age, and still contains ruins of two hill forts on either side of the valley.

Aside from the village’s gorgeous thatched roof cottages, visitors can see Cockington Court, the manor house of the Mallock family, Drum Inn, and the Almshouses, which consist of seven terraced cottages built during James I’s reign.

17. Wherwell, Hampshire

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This cottage rests on the banks of the River Test in the Hampshire village of Wherwell. The name of the village may derive from an olde English word for “kettle springs” or “cauldron springs.”

The town has an old legend about a cockatrice that terrorised the village until it was captured and imprisoned in the dungeons below Wherwell Priory.

18. Pencil Cottage, Shanklin Old Village, Isle of Wight

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Pencil Cottage is a popular building in Shanklin’s Old Village, a popular sea resort on the Isle of Wight.

The little village has plenty to do for tourists, including lots of local shopping and amusement arcades closer to the shore.

19. Thomas Hardy’s Cottage, Higher Bockhampton

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This secluded Dorset cottage was built by Thomas Hardy’s great-grandfather in 1800 and has not been altered very much from the original building, particularly on the exterior.

The walls were constructed from cob, and over the years have been treated for weather protection. Thomas Hardy himself was born in this small cottage in 1840.

20. Jubilee Walk, Shottery

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This quaint cottage is located in Shottery along the Jubilee Walk, just west of Stratford-upon-Avon. The walk was built by The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and opened in 1977 during the Queen’s Silver Jubillee.

The village of Shottery is also home to the more famous Anne Hathaway’s Cottage.

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Houses with thatched roofs - All the fun!

Since we are talking about organic architecture (for example, in the articles “Beregovo is a city of organic architecture”, “Hobbit house is a dream come true”, “Frame and frameless thatched house” and “Eco-builders - two new original ideas”), we cannot avoid attention to such a thing as a thatched roof (environmentally friendly, economical, beautiful). But, since in society it is believed that cottages made of clay and a straw roof are a sign of homelessness, we publish today's article: houses with thatched roofs . Where we will try to convince the doubters 🙂 Well, to please people who are confident in their dreams.

The thatched houses in these photographs are residential and industrial buildings from Devonshire, England. This is a resort area where the concept of ecology is at a more developed level than ours. Therefore, thatched roofs are the norm here. Under the cut - photos of houses with thatched roofs. And for starters - the harsh truth of life:

Moving on to interesting houses!

A thatched roof has an exceptionally beautiful appearance and gives a wooden house or a stone structure a unique specificity and unique flavor

Thanks to its undoubted architectural merits and high technical characteristics, the popularity of thatched roofs is constantly growing in Western Europe, Russia and the USA.

Under a natural reed roof it is warm in winter, cool in summer, the house breathes and lives a quiet village life under the rustle of reeds. nine0017 Natural straw. Thatched roofing material can be heather, long-stalk thatch, reeds, or another type of thatch or grass. Reed (reed roof) is the most widely used as the most durable material (service life of 50 years or more)

Graceful patterns on the ridge of the thatched roof make the house more beautiful:

Thatched roofs harmonize very well with green climbing ivy / wild grapes :

Among thatched roofs, reed roofs are most often used. In modern construction, reed occupies one of the leading places in the creation of luxury housing. nine0005

Reed is a plant with the most valuable natural qualities that are used to protect the roof. Reed roofs create a unique flavor of rustic romance and have excellent aesthetic and physical properties.

Reed is the heaviest material among straws. 1 sq. a meter of coating 30 cm thick weighs about 40 kg dry and up to 50 kg wet. For roof coverings, reeds are used with a diameter of not more than 5-6 mm, a length of 1.5 meters and up to 2.5 meters. The stems are sorted by hollowness and flexibility. Reed roofing is best used for roofs with a simple shape and with a minimum slope of 45° required for water runoff. The lower the slope of the roof, the higher the laying skill and the more difficult the operation. nine0005

Thatched roofs are very smooth lines:

A thatched roof is a good idea for both a large house and a small cottage:

skylights - not a problem for a thatched roof:

Even the canopy roof can be thatched:

Old houses with thatched roofs, old walls covered with horizontal boards, old chimneys:

Round house - round roof!

And even a porch deserves a small thatched roof:

So, the conclusion: a thatched roof can be made BEAUTIFUL!

English Village Thatched Roofs - British Rambling

You may have noticed that many houses in Britain have a proper name instead of a soulless number. This is because the British treat their homes with reverent love. Repair and improvement of the house and garden is a kind of national sport here. A lot of people prefer to live in old rustic "hobbit houses" with thatched roofs, small windows, huge fireplaces and very low ceilings. nine0005

Thatched cottage, England

Thatched cottages are called thatched cottages in English.

In Britain, the tradition of thatching the roof of one's house is thousands of years old and goes back to the Bronze Age. In those days, hut houses required a light but warm roof; a heavy roof in the long run, the walls simply could not stand it.

Thatched roof house, England

Historically, the choice of roofing material was determined by its availability in a particular area, since the transportation of building materials was expensive. In different regions, one could find roofs made of water reed, wheat straw, reeds, broom, sedge, heather, etc. nine0005

Thatched house, England

The most common material in the south of England today is long-stalked wheat straw. In the East of England region in the east of the country (counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire) mainly water reed is used. To cover a medium-sized roof, you will need reed from 5 acres (about 200 acres) of reed floodplain. Large reed beds are uncommon in England, so almost 80% of the reed used in the UK today is imported from Turkey, Eastern Europe and China. The most valuable among the Thatchers (thatched roofers), however, is the Norfolk reed. Unlike a thatched roof, which can be repaired in separate sections, a thatched roof must be rebuilt from scratch each time. nine0005

Thatched roof house, England

Roofing wheat is today specially grown, separate from agricultural wheat, which has softer stalks and is not always suitable for roofing.

Thatched house, England

In England, thatched roofs were common until the end of the 19th century. However, with the development of rail links, cheap slate from Wales became widely available throughout Britain. At the same time, agricultural harvesting equipment severely damaged the wheat stalk, making it unsuitable for roofing. nine0005

House with a thatched roof, England

So gradually the thatched roof became a sign of the poverty of the homeowner. However, in the second half of the 20th century, due to the renewed interest in organic materials, thatched roofs received a new start in life.

Thatched house, England

Throughout the kingdom, there are currently about 65,000 thatched houses, the largest number of any country in Western Europe. At the same time, there are only 1,000 professional Thatchers - masters of thatched roofs. nine0005

Thatched house, England

Covering a thatched roof is a very laborious process that requires special skills, many years of training and angelic patience; the secrets of this craft are passed down in England within the family. This is a very closed business, which you can’t just get into from the street. Unfortunately, this is not taught in colleges, but it takes 5 official years of training and the successful passing of the strictest inspection to finally be accredited for independent work. A good Thatcher is literally worth its weight in gold here. Sometimes, it is necessary to enroll in the queue for them several years in advance. The usual practice of waiting is 18 months. nine0005

House with a thatched roof, England

But in addition to the complexity, technical complexity and uniqueness, it is also a very expensive pleasure. And if earlier a straw roof was considered a sign of poverty, today only well-to-do people can afford it. The average price for such a roof ranges from £250 to £300 per 1 square meter.

Thatched house, England

A good quality straw roof made by a qualified thatcher can last about 20-25 years, and thatch roofing up to 50 years. nine0005

Thatched house, England

Each Thatcher has his own technique for laying thatch or thatch, the details of which are usually passed down strictly within the same family or company. But there are some general principles.

Thatched house, England

Thus, sheaves of straw are stacked in three layers from bottom to top and fastened with thin steel wire. Traditionally, the old base layer is retained if it is in good condition and new layers are placed on top of it. Thus, on the roofs of some English houses, a base layer of thatch, laid as early as 500 years ago, has been preserved. This made it possible to know what types of materials were used in the Medieval period. nine0005

Thatched house, England

If the roof is from scratch, then the base layer is attached to the wooden frame.

Sheaves are fastened together in several ways. One of the methods resembles ordinary sewing, where steel wire is threaded into a special arc-shaped needle. One of the Thatchers is on the roof and the other is in the house. Passing each other a needle, they stitch the sheaves together. This is a rather time-consuming process, and today it is rarely used.

Thatched house, England

Another way is to pierce with screws. The screws are pre-attached to the wire that holds the sheaves together, and then screwed into the wooden frame. This is one of the fastest methods. Fastening with special nails is also common. This method is identical to the screw method.

Thatched roof house, England

After the sheaves are laid, the reeds or straw are knocked down with a special shovel, which makes it possible to finally level all the layers.

Thatched house, England

A skate is added on top. Skate is a real "horse" Thatcher, which distinguishes his style from other colleagues. Someone leaves a special pattern, someone adds straw birds, someone curled up a cat. You can easily recognize Thatcher's handwriting by the straw skate.

Thatched house, England

Once the thatch is laid, the roof is covered with a tight mesh.

Below are links to thatched thatched roofing videos:

Video example of thatched thatched roofing roofing. Part I.

Video example of thatched reed roofing. Part II.

Video example of thatched reed roofing. Part III.

Video example of thatched reed roofing.

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