A Grade II listed property on the edge of Renishaw Hall’s parkland could have its thatched roof replaced with slates if a ...

A property owner is having to replace its thatched roof with slate after being warned he might not be able to insure it in future. Fenland council has agreed planning permission for a new roof to ...

The Charles II-style mansion, built in 1906 for steel heir John Phipps and his wife, Margarita Grace Phipps, will have its 111-year-old roof replaced with Collyweston stone slate as part of a ...

Harborough District Council wants the owners of the Rose and Crown in Thurnby, damaged in a fire in 2004, to put back a thatched roof. The plans submitted by Everards Brewery include a roof which is ...

PEOPLE DON’T NORMALLY worry too much about how the roof of their house looks. Modern roof tiles keep out water and require sparse maintenance, ensuring they go unnoticed for the most part ...

An English cottage with a roof thatched with straw or reeds was once considered a hallmark of poverty—fit only for those who couldn’t afford tiles or slate. Today, thatched-roof houses sell at ...

There are roughly 60,000 thatched properties in Britain, of which 75pc are listed buildings, according to Savills the estate agent. Thatched roofs are generally more prone to storm and weather damage.

There have been a number of major fires in thatched buildings across the region in recent years. They include the blaze that gutted a historic church at Beachamwell , near Swaffham, in February 2022.