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 ...

Homeowners can apply to their local planning authority for permission to change the material of their thatched roof. Historic England have a statutory role in the planning system and local ...

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.

"I quite often find thatching tools in the roof, which a previous thatcher might have forgotten about and thatched over. "We usually find newspapers shoved in there so the next guy can pre-date ...

This is the 39th time it has been held. At 5:30 p.m., 108 lights lit up 32 thatched roofs, and the beautiful gassho-zukuri style houses emerged. Visitors were amazed by the enchanting scene in the ...

When 108 lights were turned on at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 13, 32 houses with steeply pitched thatched roofs, including the national important cultural property Wada House, appeared between the contrast ...

National Trust Cymru, which oversees the building’s external walls and roof, said the tearoom’s ... building is better off without its thick thatch. “I prefer it without the creeper ...

Venture capital investors such as Index Ventures and Oak HC/FT are betting on startups including Thatch and Remodel Health that promise to usher in a new era of employer-sponsored health benefits ...

PERUÍBE, Brazil (WKRC/CBS Newspath) - A horse stranded on the roof of a house due to severe flooding was successfully rescued on Saturday. The horse's owner had placed the animal on the roof to ...