English Thatched Roof Cottages

From about 1820 welsh slate started to replace thatch as the roofing material of choice and the canals and later railways made it easier and cheaper to transport to remoter areas of england.

English thatched roof cottages. Maintaining the thatched roof should be simple as it was redone last year. Three bedroom cottage in stoke mandeville aylesbury buckinghamshire for 500 000. Available via hamptons international. See more ideas about thatched roof english cottage thatched cottage.

Up until the early 19th century thatching was the only style of roofing available for most people living in the english countryside. Wouldn t it just be the perfect place for a summer in england or a writing holiday. Since reed or straw aren t the most practical roofing materials a fake thatched roof can be made with modern materials. A thatched pub the williams arms at wrafton north devon england.

25 lovely english thatched roof cottages. Cottages in the english countryside are typically accompanied by a wild seemingly untamed natural garden that adds to the quaint charm of the village. Most thatch used in england is made of long wheat straw grown specially for the purpose. A dense covering of harvested reed rush or straw was applied to roofs for insulation and also added to the homes rustic charm false thatched roof.

A roof thatched by a skilled craftsman can last 40 to 50 years without needing refurbishment all the while providing excellent watertight insulation. At the time of writing we currently offer 50 properties across england and scotland with the majority of these cottages in the southern english counties of kent cornwall gloucestershire including the. This impossibly quaint semi detached thatch roof cottage is located in the small village of wendlebury in oxfordshire. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw water reed sedge cladium mariscus rushes heather or palm branches layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof since the bulk of the vegetation stays dry and is densely packed trapping air thatching also functions.

A good thatched roof not only makes a country cottage picturesque it is also remarkably long lasting. Holiday cottages with thatched roofs as you might imagine from a site like historic uk thatched cottages are our proverbial bread and butter. Thatched roof cottage in wendlebury england. A bit of tea some scones a good book.

The english thatched cottage is a beautiful adornment to the english countryside so much so that it attracted the attention of connoisseurs of the cult of the picturesque in the later part of the eighteenth century when popular artists such as helen allingham started painting the country thatch cottage and creating the romantic scenes that idolised cottage life.