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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.
    thatching01-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Balancing across the width of the roof’s surface, a traditional thatcher lays water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage in afternoon sun, on 16th August 1993, in Suffolk, England. He 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.
    thatcher_roof-16-08-1993.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.
    thatchers01-16-08-1993.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.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.jpg
  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, traditional thatchers work together in afternoon sun
    thatchers-16-08-1993.jpg
  • 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,
    nepal-10-11-1995_2.jpg
  • 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
  • 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-296-24-06-2018.jpg
  • Visitors with dogs at Avebury stand outside the site's thatched barn.
    avebury_barn01-27-10-2015.jpg
  • Remains of old home called Sheila's Cottage, last inhabited by the local milk maid of the same name in the 1930s  on Ulva, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Ulva is home to Sheila's Cottage, a restored thatched croft house once the home of Sheila MacFadyen. Here you can learn about the famous visitors to Ulva, Boswell and Dr Johnson, Lachlan Macquarie and Sir Walter Scott. Beatrix Potter was a regular visitor to the island and found inspiration for many of her books here. The grandparents of the famous explorer and missionary David Livingstone once lived on Ulva and the walk up to Livingstone's croft is a must.
    isle_of_mull231-20-11-2011.jpg
  • Former fisherman's bothy (now a thatched self-catering cottage owned by Kilfinichan Estate) overlooking Loch Scridain, near Killiemore, Isle of Mull, Scotland. (http://www.kilfinichen.com/fishermans-bothy.html). at Killiemore, Isle of Mull, Scotland...Loch Scridain extends as far inland as the islands only Munro and extinct volcano Ben More, on the northern Ardmeanach peninsula, a large massif with the imposing Bearraich hill overlooking the mouth of the loch. Beyond the peninsula lies Loch Na Keal, the principle sea loch on Mull . While to the south lies the Ross of Mull, a longest peninsula on Mull, that reaches past the sea loch boundary, into the Atlantic and which is bounded by the Iona to the west and the Firth Of Lorn to the far south.
    isle_of_mull162-19-11-2011.jpg
  • Former fisherman's bothy (now a thatched self-catering cottage owned by Kilfinichan Estate) overlooking Loch Scridain, near Killiemore, Isle of Mull, Scotland. (http://www.kilfinichen.com/fishermans-bothy.html). at Killiemore, Isle of Mull, Scotland...Loch Scridain extends as far inland as the islands only Munro and extinct volcano Ben More, on the northern Ardmeanach peninsula, a large massif with the imposing Bearraich hill overlooking the mouth of the loch. Beyond the peninsula lies Loch Na Keal, the principle sea loch on Mull . While to the south lies the Ross of Mull, a longest peninsula on Mull, that reaches past the sea loch boundary, into the Atlantic and which is bounded by the Iona to the west and the Firth Of Lorn to the far south.
    isle_of_mull166-19-11-2011.jpg
  • Former fisherman's bothy (now a thatched self-catering cottage owned by Kilfinichan Estate) overlooking Loch Scridain, near Killiemore, Isle of Mull, Scotland. (http://www.kilfinichen.com/fishermans-bothy.html). at Killiemore, Isle of Mull, Scotland...Loch Scridain extends as far inland as the islands only Munro and extinct volcano Ben More, on the northern Ardmeanach peninsula, a large massif with the imposing Bearraich hill overlooking the mouth of the loch. Beyond the peninsula lies Loch Na Keal, the principle sea loch on Mull . While to the south lies the Ross of Mull, a longest peninsula on Mull, that reaches past the sea loch boundary, into the Atlantic and which is bounded by the Iona to the west and the Firth Of Lorn to the far south.
    isle_of_mull166-19-11-2011.jpg
  • Remains of old home called Sheila's Cottage, last inhabited by the local milk maid of the same name in the 1930s  on Ulva, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Ulva is home to Sheila's Cottage, a restored thatched croft house once the home of Sheila MacFadyen. Here you can learn about the famous visitors to Ulva, Boswell and Dr Johnson, Lachlan Macquarie and Sir Walter Scott. Beatrix Potter was a regular visitor to the island and found inspiration for many of her books here. The grandparents of the famous explorer and missionary David Livingstone once lived on Ulva and the walk up to Livingstone's croft is a must.
    isle_of_mull241-20-11-2011.jpg
  • 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.
    priddy_shelter02-21-08-2013.jpg
  • 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.
    priddy_shelter01-21-08-2013.jpg
  • Boating crew 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_boating05-01-08-2013.jpg
  • Boating crew 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.jpg
  • Boating crew 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_boating03-01-08-2013.jpg
  • Boating crew 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.jpg
  • Boating crew 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.jpg
  • Cottage in remote bay at Kintra, Isle of Mull, Scotland. 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. http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=22178
    isle_of_mull121-18-11-2011.jpg
  • Cottage in remote bay at Kintra, Isle of Mull, Scotland. 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. http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=22178
    isle_of_mull118-18-11-2011.jpg
  • Fishing creels with cottages and homes in remote bay at Kintra, Isle of Mull, Scotland.  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. http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=22178
    isle_of_mull117-18-11-2011.jpg
  • Cottages and homes in remote bay at Kintra, Isle of Mull, Scotland. 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. http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=22178
    isle_of_mull115-18-11-2011.jpg
  • Cottage in remote bay at Kintra, Isle of Mull, Scotland. 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. http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=22178
    isle_of_mull118-18-11-2011.jpg
  • Rope and rocks in remote bay at Kintra, Isle of Mull, Scotland. 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. http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=22178
    isle_of_mull116-18-11-2011.jpg
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