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Thatcher on a roof using traditional tools Image details File size:
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5818 x 4478 px | 49.3 x 37.9 cm | 19.4 x 14.9 inches | 300dpi
Date taken:
28 August 2019
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Similar stock images Thatcher replacing a thatched roof on a cottage, man working using traditional craft skills, UK Stock Photo https://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1 https://www.alamy.com/thatcher-replacing-a-thatched-roof-on-a-cottage-man-working-using-traditional-craft-skills-uk-image382828129.html RM 2D6R955 – Thatcher replacing a thatched roof on a cottage, man working using traditional craft skills, UK Thaxted Essex England, UK. 8th Jan, 2019. Thatching the Ancient Almeshouses in Thaxted north west Essex. Martin Potter from Sible Heddingham a 5th generation thatcher is seen replacing the Long Straw Thatched ridge on the roof of the Almeshouse known as the Chantry built in the 17th century. Martin Potter is using a mixture of long straw from Yorkshire and Essex to complete the job which is expected to take a month to finish. John Webbs windmill can be seen in the background. Credit: BRIAN HARRIS/Alamy Live News Stock Photo https://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1 https://www.alamy.com/thaxted-essex-england-uk-8th-jan-2019-thatching-the-ancient-almeshouses-in-thaxted-north-west-essex-martin-potter-from-sible-heddingham-a-5th-generation-thatcher-is-seen-replacing-the-long-straw-thatched-ridge-on-the-roof-of-the-almeshouse-known-as-the-chantry-built-in-the-17th-century-martin-potter-is-using-a-mixture-of-long-straw-from-yorkshire-and-essex-to-complete-the-job-which-is-expected-to-take-a-month-to-finish-john-webbs-windmill-can-be-seen-in-the-background-credit-brian-harrisalamy-live-news-image230704490.html RM RB9DX2 – Thaxted Essex England, UK. 8th Jan, 2019. Thatching the Ancient Almeshouses in Thaxted north west Essex. Martin Potter from Sible Heddingham a 5th generation thatcher is seen replacing the Long Straw Thatched ridge on the roof of the Almeshouse known as the Chantry built in the 17th century. Martin Potter is using a mixture of long straw from Yorkshire and Essex to complete the job which is expected to take a month to finish. John Webbs windmill can be seen in the background. Credit: BRIAN HARRIS/Alamy Live News Glen Holloway, a master thatcher pictured working on a thatched roof, on a house in Dorset, UK, using spars to hold the reed Stock Photo https://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1 https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-glen-holloway-a-master-thatcher-pictured-working-on-a-thatched-roof-29516175.html RM BM0G53 – Glen Holloway, a master thatcher pictured working on a thatched roof, on a house in Dorset, UK, using spars to hold the reed Two thatchers thatching a roof, one using a digital tablet the other standing on a ladder. Stock Photo https://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1 https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-two-thatchers-thatching-a-roof-one-using-a-digital-tablet-the-other-112366601.html RF GEPMMW – Two thatchers thatching a roof, one using a digital tablet the other standing on a ladder. Balancing across the width of the roof’s surface, a traditional thatcher lays water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage in afternoon sun, on 16th August 1993, in Suffolk, England. He uses a Shearing Hook to lay the straw into the outer weathering coat of the roof’s slope. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. 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He uses a Shearing Hook to lay the straw into the outer weathering coat of the roof’s slope. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to Thatcher using drift on roof Stock Photo https://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1 https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-thatcher-using-drift-on-roof-12097073.html RM A8GDTJ – Thatcher using drift on roof Thatcher working on roof using a legget, UK Stock Photo https://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1 https://www.alamy.com/thatcher-working-on-roof-using-a-legget-uk-image247333320.html RF TAB04T – Thatcher working on roof using a legget, UK Master Thatcher Lyle Morgans works on the roof of a new Saxon hall at Butser Ancient farm in Hampshire. 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Based on a 7th century Anglo Saxon hall house found near the nearby village of Chalton, it is being constructed using traditional timber framing and thatching techniques, using 3.5 tons of reed thatch on the roof. Picture date: Tuesday April 20, 2021. Thatcher replacing a thatched roof on a cottage, man working using traditional craft skills, UK Stock Photo https://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1 https://www.alamy.com/thatcher-replacing-a-thatched-roof-on-a-cottage-man-working-using-traditional-craft-skills-uk-image382828119.html RM 2D6R94R – Thatcher replacing a thatched roof on a cottage, man working using traditional craft skills, UK Thaxted Essex England, UK. 8th Jan, 2019. Thatching the Ancient Almeshouses in Thaxted north west Essex. Martin Potter from Sible Heddingham a 5th generation thatcher is seen replacing the Long Straw Thatched ridge on the roof of the Almeshouse known as the Chantry built in the 17th century. Martin Potter is using a mixture of long straw from Yorkshire and Essex to complete the job which is expected to take a month to finish. John Webbs windmill can be seen in the background. Credit: BRIAN HARRIS/Alamy Live News Stock Photo https://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1 https://www.alamy.com/thaxted-essex-england-uk-8th-jan-2019-thatching-the-ancient-almeshouses-in-thaxted-north-west-essex-martin-potter-from-sible-heddingham-a-5th-generation-thatcher-is-seen-replacing-the-long-straw-thatched-ridge-on-the-roof-of-the-almeshouse-known-as-the-chantry-built-in-the-17th-century-martin-potter-is-using-a-mixture-of-long-straw-from-yorkshire-and-essex-to-complete-the-job-which-is-expected-to-take-a-month-to-finish-john-webbs-windmill-can-be-seen-in-the-background-credit-brian-harrisalamy-live-news-image230704492.html RM RB9DX4 – Thaxted Essex England, UK. 8th Jan, 2019. Thatching the Ancient Almeshouses in Thaxted north west Essex. 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