Housing Build a goat house with either bamboo or mud with a thatched roof. Space required must be 2 sq. m. per animal ... On the other hand, straw, which is of reduced quality due to the high ...

The thatched roof was made using a traditional method that involves creating layers of rice straw attached to bamboo nets, which are then covered with layers of cedar leaves, cedar bark and soil.

Today, thatched roofs can be found on quaint cottages, grand country manors and even traditional Japanese homes. Read on to feast your eyes on some of the most beautiful straw-topped houses in the ...

The oldest building in Weston-super-Mare has become an even more prominent seafront landmark thanks to the installation of a new thatched roof. The new feature has been carefully constructed ...

It is the most durable material, lasting around 20 years, whereas flax needs replacing after about 10 and straw after five. Shovlin points enviously at neighbouring England where thatched roofs are ...

A couple was 'lucky to escape alive' after a fire ripped through their thatched roof in just eight minutes, destroying their house. The fire broke out at Bob and Paula Hessian’s home ...

A road was closed as fire crews worked to extinguish a blaze at a house with a thatched roof. Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to Hackthorne Road, Durrington, Salisbury ...

Sixteen fire crews were sent to a blaze affecting four adjoined houses with thatched roofs. Emergency workers were first called to Low Street in Bardwell, Suffolk, at 16:43 BST. Crews used hose reel ...

Five properties in Low Street, Bardwell were affected by the blaze, which started in a thatched roof before spreading to the neighbouring homes and resulted in the evacuation of ten or 11 people.