I would be most interested in any photo's of old thatched roof's - being worked on would be nice but any offerings would be gratefully received.

I dislike having photo's thrown at me, this page is all Thatch photo's if this is not what you want back out !  As with all the photographs on this web these are thumbnails, click to expand but be prepared for a longish wait.

Thatched roof - Swithland near Bradgate park`

One of the first Norfolk Reed & Sedge Ridge jobs I did, Can't remember when but John Noakes did a 'Blue Peter' here ---- Taken with an Instamatic Kodak !

Row of New Cottages In Water Reed - WelfordRow of New thatched Cottages In Water Reed - Welford

New Houses Built in Welford (My Village) Thatched entirely by myself in Norfolk reed over master board fire retardant sheets. Click here for details of quantities & where and how. 

My own house. Thatched in Norfolk Reed.  Worthy of note, hand sawn Elm, Oak & Ash rafters. Hand Split Oak Battens circa. 1750.
High Tensile Steel Fixing Rods (Sways)  The large 'pins' are tools, thatching needles. The small ones are the fixing 'nails' or thatching spikes
 The whole house is 75 feet long taking 2,500 bundles of reed. Thatched 1984. New ridge 2002

Some of the thatch 16 courses required for this roof and reed type

Thatching Awkward detail - chimney through a hip end

The same Thatched roof todaythatched roof 1900 ? Welford

Postcard 1900? and today

Tin roof cast over the remnants of old thatch

 These are all of the same property A before and after and some detail

The same Thatch roof now

 A selection of other Thatch Photo's Including Before & After and the unusual undertaken by Leo Wood still working on small projects - see DIY

Old long Straw with barge boards

Stripped and timber repaired ready to be thatched

Thatched in Norfolk reed with 'proper' gable

A worn out straw roof  

Thatch removed Timbers repaired

The completed roof barge boards replaced by overhanging gable ends to protect walls

Thatched porch with an ornate ridge

Very rare antique thatched summerhouse

Even rarer one - thatched in reed & straw ridge

Norfolk Reed Porch, Sedge Ridge

Victorian Summer House

Another Victorian Summer House

Tin roof before thatching

Timbers and part thatched

old tin roof Restored in reed thatch

Before:- Galvanised Tin Roof

Part Reed Thatched, original rafters & split Oak battens all preserved

Finished article

Modular thatching

Thatch applied to a vertical surface

600 bundles of reed to thatch this

Two sides & ridge remove and are transportable

 Bar Fronts ?

 Finishing touches to a Golf Course Shelter

Plan of an Iron Age HutGrass stems from a field side used as thatch - be inventive in your modle making!

Iron age hut reconstruction thatch interior

5 tons of straw to thatch this

Plans for Iron Age Round House & scale model in grass stems

Hazel Wattle Walls, Roof timbers no nails all joints tied. Long Straw

Finish: 30 foot diameter  (Vandals destroyed it 2 weeks later)
A thatching display Museum thatched roof  
Demonstrations undertaken by Leo Wood - Author of this site see here Museum display  
Work Undertaken By Members Of The Rutland & Leicestershire Master Thatchers Association

See Members of the Rutland & Liec MTA for details
     

Iron age reconstruction in reedIron Age

Onion Cottage, Dunton Bassett, Long Straw Smiths Cottage Burton Overy Norfolk Reed

Easenhall Norfolk Reed

DIY THE IRON AGE WAY article on construction and associated works by Josephine Dunn. Thatched by   Geoff Robinson  R&LMTA     

Norfolk Reed & Long Straw by Joe Wykes R&LMTA  Enquiries 

 Norfolk Reed by Wes Marriott R&LMTA www.thatchcraft.com

National Award winner of thatcher of the year 05-06