These make the building very strong. Watch and find out which type of cottage Pip and Declan are talking about. PIP: Yeah, that's called a thatched cottage Delcan, like the one my Granny lives in.

That's because her white-walled cottage in Lisburn close to the M1 has a thatched roof. In the 1950s there were about 40,000 thatched buildings in Northern Ireland, but today there are fewer than ...

They are the architectural epitome of Englishness. But the thatched cottage, a treasured feature of chocolate-box villages, is under threat, conservationists have warned. A perfect storm of soggy ...

The Oxford Mail's chosen Property of the Week this week is a grade II listed thatched cottage just 10 miles from Oxford. Farthinge cottage, located in Newington near Stadhampton, dates from c1650 ...