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  • Using techniques developed over thousands of years, traditional thatcher lays straw on a barn roof in Suffolk, England. Balancing across the width of the roof’s surface, the man uses a Shearing Hook to lay the straw into the outer weathering coat of the roof’s slope. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
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  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, a traditional thatcher works in afternoon sun. Balancing across the width of the roof’s surface, the man uses a Shearing Hook to lay the straw into the outer weathering coat of the roof’s slope. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
    thatchers01-16-08-1993_1_1.jpg
  • Using techniques developed over thousands of years, a portrait of traditional thatchers with straw for a barn roof in Suffolk, England. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
    thatching02-16-08-1993_1.jpg
  • The thatched roof weighed down by a stone hanging on wire on a restored traditional Hebridian blackhouse at Carloway on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland on 18 July 2018. Blackhouses are the traditional crofting farmhouse of the Isle of Lewis, the double drystone walls, the low profile and the insulating thatch made the houses suitable for the Hebridean weather and all the building materials were natural and found locally
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  • In the remote and roadless Akha Nuquie village of Ban Peryenxangkao freshly harvested roof grass and indigo dyed cotton hang out to dry, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Lying in a cleared patch of the surrounding forest, typical Akha villages have houses which are made of bamboo and wood with thatched roofs and house 'horns' although increasingly houses now have corregated iron roofs. The Akha favour remote locations above the plains and valleys, generally 1000-1500 m high where there is plenty of forest cover.
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  • Thatched corn rafters of the Barn at the Rogatec Open Air Museum, very close to the Croatian border, on 24th June 2018, in Rogatec, Slovenia. The museum of relocated and restored 19th and early 20th century farming buildings and houses represents folk architecture in the area south of the Donacka Gora and Boc mountains.
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  • Thatched corn rafters of the Barn at the Rogatec Open Air Museum, very close to the Croatian border, on 24th June 2018, in Rogatec, Slovenia. The museum of relocated and restored 19th and early 20th century farming buildings and houses represents folk architecture in the area south of the Donacka Gora and Boc mountains.
    slovenia-297-24-06-2018.jpg
  • The remote and roadless Akha Nuquie village of Ban Peryenxangmai village, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Lying in a cleared patch of the surrounding forest, typical Akha villages have houses which are made of bamboo and wood with thatched roofs and house 'horns' although increasingly houses now have corregated iron roofs. The Akha favour remote locations above the plains and valleys, generally 1000-1500 m high where there is plenty of forest cover.
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  • Smoke coming from the chimney of a thatched roof cottage near Bredon Hill, England, United Kingdom. Bredon Hill is a hill in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Evesham in the Vale of Evesham. The hill is geologically part of the Cotswolds and lies within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. However, as the result of erosion over millions of years, it now stands isolated in the Vale of Evesham.
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  • Freshly harvested bundles of grass drying in an Akha Nuquie village in remote and roadless Ban Peryenxangmai village, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Lying in a cleared patch of the surrounding forest, typical Akha villages have houses which are made of bamboo and wood with thatched roofs and house 'horns' although increasingly houses now have corregated iron roofs. The Akha favour remote locations above the plains and valleys, generally 1000-1500m high where there is plenty of forest cover.
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  • Smoke coming from the chimney of a thatched roof cottage near Bredon Hill, England, United Kingdom. Bredon Hill is a hill in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Evesham in the Vale of Evesham. The hill is geologically part of the Cotswolds and lies within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. However, as the result of erosion over millions of years, it now stands isolated in the Vale of Evesham.
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  • Smoke coming from the chimney of a thatched roof cottage near Bredon Hill, England, United Kingdom. Bredon Hill is a hill in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Evesham in the Vale of Evesham. The hill is geologically part of the Cotswolds and lies within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. However, as the result of erosion over millions of years, it now stands isolated in the Vale of Evesham.
    20190216_chimney smoke_001.jpg
  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, traditional thatchers work together in afternoon sun. While in the background new straw is brought up onto the roof while in the foreground another thatcher leans into the ladder and the roof’s slope. Using a thatching tool called a Leggett, Legate, bat or dresser to position the thatch on the roof. Typically one end is treated so as to catch the ends of the reed used. This tool is used by the thatcher to dress the reed into place and ensure an even finish. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.
    thatchers02-16-08-1993_1_1.jpg
  • Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on the Southbank. This restored and working theatre in the round is ont eh original site where Shakespeare plays were performed in the 1600's.
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  • The Priddy Sheep hurdle stack shelter at the Priddy Sheep Fair. Moved from Wells in 1348 because of the Black Death, evidence has been found of a Fair being held at Priddy before that. There is a local legend, which says that as long as the hurdle stack remains in the village, so will the Fair. The Fair is held on the nearest Wednesday to 21st August, although originally it was held on the feast of St Lawrence the Martyr on the10th August. The fair has been continuously held every year since 1348, apart from the recent 2001 and 2007 foot -and-mouth epidemic years.
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  • Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on the Southbank. This restored and working theatre in the round is ont eh original site where Shakespeare plays were performed in the 1600's.
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  • Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on the Southbank. This restored and working theatre in the round is ont eh original site where Shakespeare plays were performed in the 1600's.
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  • A villager lays fresh straw over the roof rafters of a building with the backdrop of Himalayan foothills and snow-tipped mountain peaks, on 10th November 1995, in Ghorepani, Himalayas, Nepal.
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  • An example of an early 17th-century cottage, built of stone and clom (a mixture of clay, horse hair, and cow dung). Originally thatched, it is now fitted with a corrugated tin roof to save having to maintain straw thatching.  Llanerchaeron House has several holiday cottages in the grounds, their energy saving changes include extra insulation and biomass boilers. Here is an early 17th-century Clom (mud constructed walls), stone and thatch cottage, nowadays with a corrugated tin roof. The National Trust has cut energy use in its Wales region by a massive 41% over just two years, demonstrating that even the most sensitive buildings can be made much more energy efficient. Secrets of success include a combination of efficiency measures, sustainable heating technologies and culture change. As well as cutting down on energy use it has also installed renewable sources of energy, including solar PV and hydro power.
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  • An example of an early 17th-century cottage, built of stone and clom (a mixture of clay, horse hair, and cow dung). Originally thatched, it is now fitted with a corrugated tin roof to save having to maintain straw thatching.  Llanerchaeron House has several holiday cottages in the grounds, their energy saving changes include extra insulation and biomass boilers. Here is an early 17th-century Clom (mud constructed walls), stone and thatch cottage, nowadays with a corrugated tin roof. The National Trust has cut energy use in its Wales region by a massive 41% over just two years, demonstrating that even the most sensitive buildings can be made much more energy efficient. Secrets of success include a combination of efficiency measures, sustainable heating technologies and culture change. As well as cutting down on energy use it has also installed renewable sources of energy, including solar PV and hydro power.
    12-cottage-7255_1.jpg
  • Stanton in The Cotswolds, United Kingdom. Stanton village is built almost completely of Cotswold stone, a honey-coloured Jurassic limestone. Several cottages have thatched roofs. It has been described as ‘architecturally, the most distinguished of the smaller villages in the North Cotswolds.’ The Cotswolds is an area in south central England. The area is defined by the bedrock of limestone that is quarried for the golden coloured Cotswold stone. It contains unique features derived from the use of this mineral; the predominantly rural landscape contains stone-built villages and historical towns.
    20180705_cotswolds stanton_002.jpg
  • Stanton in The Cotswolds, United Kingdom. Stanton village is built almost completely of Cotswold stone, a honey-coloured Jurassic limestone. Several cottages have thatched roofs. It has been described as ‘architecturally, the most distinguished of the smaller villages in the North Cotswolds.’ The Cotswolds is an area in south central England. The area is defined by the bedrock of limestone that is quarried for the golden coloured Cotswold stone. It contains unique features derived from the use of this mineral; the predominantly rural landscape contains stone-built villages and historical towns.
    20180705_cotswolds stanton_003.jpg
  • Stanton in The Cotswolds, United Kingdom. Stanton village is built almost completely of Cotswold stone, a honey-coloured Jurassic limestone. Several cottages have thatched roofs. It has been described as ‘architecturally, the most distinguished of the smaller villages in the North Cotswolds.’ The Cotswolds is an area in south central England. The area is defined by the bedrock of limestone that is quarried for the golden coloured Cotswold stone. It contains unique features derived from the use of this mineral; the predominantly rural landscape contains stone-built villages and historical towns.
    20180705_cotswolds stanton_007.jpg
  • Stanton in The Cotswolds, United Kingdom. Stanton village is built almost completely of Cotswold stone, a honey-coloured Jurassic limestone. Several cottages have thatched roofs. It has been described as ‘architecturally, the most distinguished of the smaller villages in the North Cotswolds.’ The Cotswolds is an area in south central England. The area is defined by the bedrock of limestone that is quarried for the golden coloured Cotswold stone. It contains unique features derived from the use of this mineral; the predominantly rural landscape contains stone-built villages and historical towns.
    20180705_cotswolds stanton_001.jpg
  • An Akha Nuquie village with traditional grass roofed houses in remote Ban Peryenxangmai village, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Lying in a cleared patch of the surrounding forest, typical Akha villages have houses which are made of bamboo and wood with thatched roofs and house 'horns' although increasingly houses now have corregated iron roofs. The Akha favour remote locations above the plains and valleys, generally 1000-1500 m high where there is plenty of forest cover.
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  • Cottages in the remote bay at Kintra, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The lights are on in the nearest home and a puddle nearby reflects their warmth amid the otherwise bleak winter evening. Kintra is a small settlement on the north coast of the Ross of Mull. The name comes from the Gaelic for 'end of the beach', 'Ceann Tràgha'. It was founded by the 5th Duke of Argyll to provide an income for himself and his tenants through fishing. Originally cottages with thatched roofs did not have gable ends or chimneys but this one has one gable and with a chimney attached.
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  • Stanton in The Cotswolds, United Kingdom. Stanton village is built almost completely of Cotswold stone, a honey-coloured Jurassic limestone. Several cottages have thatched roofs. It has been described as ‘architecturally, the most distinguished of the smaller villages in the North Cotswolds.’ The Cotswolds is an area in south central England. The area is defined by the bedrock of limestone that is quarried for the golden coloured Cotswold stone. It contains unique features derived from the use of this mineral; the predominantly rural landscape contains stone-built villages and historical towns.
    20180705_cotswolds stanton_004.jpg
  • Margaret Nakazi has built a chicken house after training from Kulika. She still has to thatch and mud the walls. She farms in the Nakasongolo district of Uganda.
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  • Close up of the wall of a restored traditional Hebridian blackhouse at Carloway on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland on 18 July 2018. Blackhouses are the traditional crofting farmhouse of the Isle of Lewis, the double drystone walls, the low profile and the insulating thatch made the houses suitable for the Hebridean weather and all the building materials were natural and found locally
    DSCF7731cc_1.jpg
  • A tourist crew ready themselves for their onward journey at Gay's Staithe on Barton Broad, a Norfolk Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve. Gay's Staithe lies along the western arm of Barton Broad known as Limekiln Dyke, once a calling point for wherriy boats carrying corn, coal and reeds for the thatching industry and named after Billy Gay whose trading wherry business operated from here.
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  • A tourist crew ready themselves for their onward journey at Gay's Staithe on Barton Broad, a Norfolk Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve. Gay's Staithe lies along the western arm of Barton Broad known as Limekiln Dyke, once a calling point for wherriy boats carrying corn, coal and reeds for the thatching industry and named after Billy Gay whose trading wherry business operated from here.
    norfolk_boating04-01-08-2013_1.jpg
  • A boating crew pause before mooring their cruiser at Gay's Staithe on Barton Broad, a Norfolk Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve. Gay's Staithe lies along the western arm of Barton Broad known as Limekiln Dyke, once a calling point for wherriy boats carrying corn, coal and reeds for the thatching industry and named after Billy Gay whose trading wherry business operated from here.
    norfolk_boating01-01-08-2013_1.jpg
  • Looking nervous and unfamiliar with the ways of moving about on boats, a tourist crew ready themselves for their onward journey at Gay's Staithe on Barton Broad, a Norfolk Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve. Gay's Staithe lies along the western arm of Barton Broad known as Limekiln Dyke, once a calling point for wherriy boats carrying corn, coal and reeds for the thatching industry and named after Billy Gay whose trading wherry business operated from here.
    norfolk_boating02-01-08-2013_1.jpg
  • In his boat called Idler, a lone oarsman leaves Gay's Staithe on Barton Broad, a Norfolk Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve for his onward journey further up river. Gay's Staithe lies along the western arm of Barton Broad known as Limekiln Dyke, once a calling point for wherriy boats carrying corn, coal and reeds for the thatching industry and named after Billy Gay whose trading wherry business operated from here.
    norfolk_boating03-01-08-2013_1.jpg
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