Thatch and thatching / Jacqueline Fearn.

Main entry:

Fearn, Jacqueline, author.

Title & Author:

Thatch and thatching / Jacqueline Fearn.

Publication:

Aylesbury : Shire Publications, [1976].
©1976

Description:

32 pages : illustrations, facsimile ; 21 cm

Series:

Shire album ; 16

Notes:
Introduction -- Thatching materials -- The method of thatching -- The thatcher's tools -- Thatching in Norfolk reed -- Thatching in combed wheat reed -- Thatching in long straw -- Choosing and living with thatch -- Places to visit -- Further reading

Summary:

"The craft of the thatcher probably gives more pleasure than any other of our rural craafts; the inclusion in a country scene of a thatched house, cottage or barn often adds the element of continuity and stability which we like to think is characteristic of the English countryside. Thatching is, nevertheless, a craft most people know nothing about and which is commonly thought to be dying out. In fact, thatchers in all three materials -- Norfolk reed, long straw and combed wheat reed -- have had an assured livelihood over the last few years for the first time since the late eighteenth century. This book outlines the history of thatching in Britain from its use as the commonest form of roofing to the present and explains how the thatcher works with his traditional materials." -- Provided by publisher
This book outlines the history of thatching in Britain from its use as the commonest form of roofing to the present and explains how the thatcher works with traditional materials.

ISBN:

0852633378 paperback
9780852633373 paperback

Subject:

Thatched roofs.
Toits en chaume.

Added entries:

Shire album ; 16.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273259
Call No.: BIB 206781
Status: Available

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