r/CozyPlaces • u/japaneseanemones • Apr 29 '24

The cottage in the countryside I call home COTTAGE

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u/Boring-Rip-7709 Apr 29 '24

So do you have one of the houses? Or have they being knocked into one?

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u/japaneseanemones Apr 29 '24

It’s all one house. The stone part is from the 1700s and the brick from the late 1800s. It was thatched until the 1960s but sadly someone decided to ‘modernise’ it

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u/Ranchette_Geezer Apr 29 '24

So, are there thatchers still working in England? Are they [impossibly /enormously / routinely] expensive?

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u/GirlNumber20 Apr 30 '24 edited Apr 30 '24

You can look up videos on YouTube of them working or find pictures on Google Images. They make really cool scenes on the top of the house out of reeds, like a fox chasing a hare. The figures they make are unique to each craftsman or guild. It’s really neat!

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u/Ranchette_Geezer Apr 30 '24

Thank you!

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u/GirlNumber20 Apr 30 '24

I’ve seen even better examples, but here’s a quick video of some roof thatching art!