A cottage is another name for a small house and it is normally built from ... What makes this home so unusual is its thatched roof, made from dry straw and reeds that have been tightly packed ...

Picturesque thatched roofs were once a common part of ... will enable them to treat the wooden structures of the house against pests, repair the wooden rural fencing around the house, build ...

The occupant of the thatched house posted: "There's not a lot of hope for our property as the thatched roof has already burned through. Nobody's hurt and that's all that matters." Northamptonshire ...