thatchedroofbuildings

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Carriage outside unidentified house

from Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales

  • Equal Ducks said:
    A real picture as they say. What a lovely cottage.
  • forglemmigej 726 not on anymore. said:
    nide ! real old contry stile
  • Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales said:
    Although this image is believed to be taken in Southampton, cottages like this with thatched roofs were very common in Wales before slate became more available. Thatching was the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes or heather. The idea was to layer the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It's a very old roofing method and I really think that it gives the cottage a lot of character.

A bit of Clun as in the "good old days"

from Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales

  • missnae said:
    It's like a fairytale cottage - the way it slopes. Can you explain how it might have been built?
  • Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales said:
    Hi Missnae - thanks for your comment. I'm afraid we don't have any information about the building but I've geo-tagged the village it's in case theres some more information out there in the flickrverse!
  • Christine Turner said:
    Lovely.
  • Andrey Timofeev said:
    Good!