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A thatched pub (The Williams Arms) at Wrafton, North Devon, England. 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.
The villages of this area were described as having few if any trees, probably because this was the primary source of fuel and building materials. Many trees close to the villages would have been cut down for these purposes. Homes were built from wattle and daub, with thatched roofs. The palisade which surrounded the site was designed for ...
Geestharden houses are usually thatched. To prevent rainwater accumulating in the thatch, the roofs have a very steep pitch. Most of the houses also have a gable dormer (Zwerchgiebel) with a half-hipped roof over the entrance, i.e. a gable that runs at right angles to the main roof ridge. This design enables the house to be evacuated in the ...
Thatching requires skills and the know-how to ensure that the roof is water-resistant and can withstand the elements. [1] Thatchers may use a variety of techniques, including bundling, weaving, and tying the thatching materials in place. [15] Thatching is a common feature in traditional Igbo architecture it is utilized on fences, gateways, and ...
Reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon hall from c. 1000 AD at Wychurst, Kent. Anglo-Saxon secular buildings were normally rectangular post built structures, where timber posts were driven into the ground to form the framework of the walls upon which the thatched roofs were constructed.
The Hardy House is a historic house at 2400 Broadway in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick structure, with flanking single-story wings and a roof that is designed to resemble an English country house's thatched roof. The entrance is set in a centrally located stone round arch, with a multipart segmented-arch window above.
It is most commonly made out of mud and its roof is often made with grass and with local materials. It has been constructed for thousands of years. The thatched-roofed, plastered type mud houses construction was found early East Africa , where various local indigenous tribes built them, using them as homestead alongside lifestyle with ...
Thatched-roofing was especially popular among farmers and low-income classes in traditional Korean society. [3] Certain plants, such as gourds and pumpkins, could be grown on top of choga roofs. One of the major disadvantages of the materials used, in particular rice straw, was that it could rot quickly when exposed to the elements. [3]