At the Donegal Thatching School, master thatchers teach their skills to help preserve Ireland's long tradition of thatched-roofed cottages A new school in Ireland is training up a fresh generation of ...

An eight-week project to repair the roof, co-ordinated by the National ... The team will work on reforming the ridge of the thatch of Bachelors’ Cottage in a more traditional timber board ...

The device played an important role in saving the majority of the thatched roof. Retired nurse Liz Guttridge was asleep when the passing driver hammered on the door of Ford cottage alongside the main ...

Emergency services were called to Drewsteignton following reports of a fire in the thatched roof of a property shortly before 9am on Monday 17 March. At its peak, 14 fire engines and crews from 28 ...

The roofs of two thatched buildings in a North Devon village have caught fire, leading to around fifty firefighters being called to tackle the blaze. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service was ...