The race is on to save the remaining thatched cottages in Ireland and train the next generation to restore them to their ...

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Across the metro, there were enough homes for sale in the $1 million-plus bracket during February to last nearly five months, ...

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That makes it less painful to pull down a thatched house and build a modern one up with slate or tiled roofs, said Lafferty. "It could have taken three years to gather up the stones to build a ...

A new school in Ireland is training up a fresh generation of thatchers in a bid to save the country's disappearing thatched roofs, an iconic feature of the Irish landscape. In a hall in Portnoo ...

From jungle hideouts to misty mountain retreats, these treehouse stays let you trade Wi-Fi for birdsong and glass walls for green canopies — without giving up comfort.

A dramatic picture shows the devastating aftermath of a large house fire involving thatched roofs in North Devon last week. A major response from Devon and Somerset Fire Service was called to a ...

Kolkata: With the real-feel temperature being 8°C higher than the actual maximum in the season's biggest gap so far, Alipore zoo authorities have started stepping up cooling measures and have ...