There is something so
Quintessentially English about old thatched cottages.
Most of the buildings with thatch
Pre-date the 1800s and a good thatched roof
Can last up to fifty years.
Looks as if this cottage needs a new roof though!
The new Globe Theatre
(A modern reconstruction of Shakespeare’s Globe)
Is the only building in London with a thatched roof.
However, I prefer my thatched buildings
Slumbering among wildflowers, don’t you?
For more quaintness, please visit: Our World.
Lady Fi 
Lovely photos. My sister-in-law lives in a really old thatched cottage in rural England. It’s so charming, but I don’t know if I could live with such low ceilings and doorways. 🙂
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I think the first and last house with thatched roof look cute! Especially so with a beautiful garden.
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Yes to that last photo… 🙂
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cool looking…but just don’t look that practical. Imagine the bugs. (Have you seen a Florida roach?)
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I’ve always adored quintessentially thatched buildings – quirky and quaint to American eyes.
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“There is something so
Quintessentially English about old thatched cottages.”
Yes, there most certainly is, Fiona. They almost look as though the house is wearing a hat! 🙂 Fabulous photographs! I love the magnolia tree in the first image. And the roof in the final photograph is so perfectly structured.
Have a lovey Monday, my friend!
X
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Pretty thatched cottages, and I am with you, countryside cottage surrounded with lovely flower.
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These roofs are lovely but I wonder how they fair when the heat surges and everything dries up. They remind me a little of straw houses.
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Well, apparently they keep cool in the summer and snug and cozy in the winter…
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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I do love thatch, esp. with the requisite cottage garden to go with it! I have several photo books of English cottage gardens and can spend hours poring over them.
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They look charming, but I believe they are very effective insulation, as well, both in hot and cold weather.
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Oh my gosh…oh my gosh!!!
I am a huge fan of anything Shakespeare.
Today, I feel green with envy!
Such a wonderful wonderful post…the Globe Theater…oh ::::sigh::::
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such wonderful building
and yes
thatched is wonderful
it was a joy to see your images and dream of this sort of building
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Great to see these. I could see lots more detail than I’ve seen before. Well done!
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I would agree – cottages among the fields with thatched roofs – so very English for sure!
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you’re right – i love to live in one
gorgeous shots 🙂
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How beautiful! Great collection… 🙂
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I love these pictures so much. They are steeped in the magical history of my favourite place in all the world.
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Lovely Fiona! It take me back to when we lived in a thatched cottage in Herts.They are very special 🙂
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Great photos of beautiful thatched buildings.
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I can’t imagine the effort it takes to thatch a roof. Good they last so long. There is a house with a thatched roof in Vail. They must provine good insulation from the cold.
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thatched roofs’ amaze me. and i agree with you about the last image.
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how neat!
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A house with a thatched roof looks so “organic” Your cottage among the flowers is beautiful!
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So lovely to see the thatched cottages and I love the first one with the magnolia in bloom and the lattice windows!
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You are right. They need a garden. I expect it is hard to find someone with the skill and experience to rethatch them now…
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Thatched roofs are almost a lost art and fast disappearing form modern day–glad you captured photos of soem beautiful ones.
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Oh, these are beautiful!! I do love the thatched roofs and with terrific shots, Fiona!! Thanks so much for sharing these and, as always, thank you for hosting Our World!! You are the best!! Have a wonderful week!!
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Oh what lovely photos. I have to admit – I would definitely prefer to slumber among the wild flowers!
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pretty unique buildings….out here in India we too have thatched roofs…but only in rural areas especially on agricultural farms. mostly these small huts are made using mud. But to find such buildings in cities is difficult!
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Very dear to my heart these thatched cottages. You have shown them beautifully.
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Hello, the thatched cottages are just adorable and I do love the last shot with the wildflowers. Lovely images, have a happy week!
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Beautiful! Story-like. My grandmother lived in a little thatched house w/ a red door in Ireland. Lovely.
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Seeing these in the Cotswolds is on my bucket list, I should move them to the top of my list after seeing your photos!
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These are all in Sussex and I understand that the ones in the Cotswolds are far more stunning!
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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Lovely. Always a fairy tale quality. 🙂
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Amazed by the ability of these thatched roofs! The thatch gives natural and fresh look to these building. Love to own one
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There is something quite amazing about thatched roofs. They look terrific.
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Beautiful cottages. Each one is different.
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The thatched roofs are so unusual to me. I like this series very much. I too like the ones with garden around them.
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Lovely captures. The last one so perfect as greeting card.
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The last image looks like it is taken from a fairy tale.
Worth a Thousand Words
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Beautiful! These are great photos!
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Thatched cottages are so lovely!
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These are so pretty!
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You have captured some real beauties there.
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Beautiful old building. So cosy. So inviting.
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I was surprised while in Ireland to find that they are not common. I miss your jolt of fuchsia (or was it perriwinkle?) background color.
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Lovely photography of the wonderful thatched cottages ~ Loved Ireland!
Happy Week to you,
artmusedog and carol
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the cottage looks beautifully preserved.
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Beautifully captured!!
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We don’t see thatched roofs here except in some historical recreations, like Jamestown Settlement.
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Lovely thatched cottages, really charming 🙂
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Unique houses, they are truly charming 🙂 You captured them very well 🙂
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there’s a house with a thatched roof in a village close to us, a new construction house, and we fall in love with it each time we see it… it’s amazing and i’m sure it protects better than classic roofs. beautiful shots!
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The thatched roof are look so neat and cute !
Extremely love it.. reminded me of my visit to this village in Japan 🙂
http://travelpostcard.blogspot.com/2011/01/shirakawa-go-japan.html
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lovely houses. I would love to them from the inside.
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I think I read that they (whoever they are) recommend that you put 1000 pounds (no symbol!) in the bank a year to cover the cost of getting a new roof on a thatched house! Pretty, but expensive!
Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne
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Thatched buildings were banned from most British towns and cities as the fire risk was too great. The reconstructed Globe obviously is an exceptional case. In rural areas many old buildings still have their thatch.
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Love those roofs. I definitely agree with you and that last picture is splendid.
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I’ve never seen a thatched roof in person. They look perfectly charming!
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Fairy tales come true! I want to stay in that last one. Maybe I want to live there forever!
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Meadows, fairy tales, romance, daisies, sweethearts. That’s what comes to my mind when I think of thatched roofs. 🙂
Take 25 to Hollister
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It’s hard to figure out how they make the edges so perfect! Thanks for the tour. I was in England about 20 years ago, but these pics brought it all back immediately!
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So charming…they always remind me of fairy tales!
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Yes – that’s very English. Beautiful photos, especially the one with the wildflowers!
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Looks like buildings out of a story book. Nice to see a multi-storeyed building with a thatched roof. And do I see netting on it?
Thank you for the sights, Lady Fi. 🙂
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Such beautiful blue skies!!! Such perfect setting for a lovely thatched cottage photo!!!
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wow! that is so cool 🙂
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Beautiful series, very nice photos
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Hi Lady Fi, Love that last one … “Slumbering among wildflowers” … sweet!
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oh how lovely! i would love to see one in person one day
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Amazing 🙂
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i have such a love of thatched rooftops .. these are lovely
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Awesome! I love this architecture – the more rustic the better:)
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always wonder if rats make nest in the thatch.
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We have quite a few thatched houses here in Hampshire and I love them. I didn’t know the Globe was Londin’s only one but I’ve been there for a performance of Hamlet. The last thatch is beautiful.
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A refinement in arhictecture !! I adore the thatched roofs
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