Now in its fourth week, a new course on thatching devised by the Heritage Council, in partnership with Kilkenny and Carlow ...

the chance to learn about thatching, and feel its appeal.

As a result, Japan's 5,000-year-old thatching tradition flourishes here, nurtured by the Japan Cultural Thatching Association ...

Four master thatchers and two apprentices re-thatching the barn Work has begun to rescue a 15th Century barn in east London from Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register. Tithe Barn in ...

But there a now only about 800 thatchers' and 24 farmers specialised in producing thatching straw left in the UK. The cost of straw imported from abroad has also been pushed up by Russia's ...

The traditional re-thatching of the roof of a “gassho-zukuri” structure was undertaken by a mutual assistance group formed by local residents called “Yui,” which has helped preserve the ...

Chris Dodson, who runs a thatching company based in Sawtry, Cambridgeshire, said the issue was challenging for homeowners of Grade II listed properties, who have to get permission from their local ...

A traditional thatched cottage in Ballindrait, Lifford. The government has approved almost €80,000 in thatching grants ...