Pretty as it is, this historic thatched cottage in a Cambridgeshire village needed a top-to-bottom renovation when its ...

Built of sarsen stone with a pretty thatched roof, the cottage exudes a sense of calm and serenity. With textured, white painted walls and ceiling beams each room has a sense of purpose and flows ...

the newly-laid thatch perfectly matches that of the attached cottage, which was the only remaining thatched roof in Weston. The history of the cottage dates back to 1774 and was originally built ...

A thatched cottage was completely destroyed in a fire which ripped through the roof in eight minutes just weeks before it was due to be tiled over. The blaze took over Bob and Paula Hessian's home ...

DECLAN: Hmm. Well, come to think of it Pip, it takes a lot to build a cottage like that. What makes this home so unusual is its thatched roof, made from dry straw and reeds that have been tightly ...

He grew up in County Donegal, the part of Ireland with the highest number of surviving thatched cottages. "When I'm up on a roof I can almost ... takes the students on renovation projects.