“Dollhouse school doesn’t exist, of course,” Nicolas Guérin says, though if there ever were such a thing, he could be its dean. The Parisian dollhouse maker had no formal training in his ...

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 ...

Seven Hampshire fire crews rushed to Warsash to surround a blaze at a thatched roof cottage tonight, and more will stay overnight as the incident continues to be scaled down. Crews from Hightown ...

The Oxford Mail's chosen Property of the Week this week is a grade II listed thatched cottage just 10 miles from Oxford. Farthinge cottage, located in Newington near Stadhampton, dates from c1650 ...

When Saraswathi went back inside to retrieve some belongings, the thatched roof suddenly collapsed, trapping her in the fire," a police officer said. When alerted, fire and rescue services ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...