DOI Artikel:
Jones, Sydney R.: Thatching
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41879#0136
THATCHING
it with tiles, it does not last so long and the upkeep charges are greater.
It is often prohibited by certain local bye-laws. There are the difficulties
with regard to fire insurance, even though the risk of fire can be some-
what lessened by treating the straw or reeds, before use, with solution
which renders them less inflammable. But these disadvantagesaremiti-
gated, first, by the sheer beauty of the work, and it is good to know that
there will always be those who can appreciate and encourage it. It is,
too, pleasant and healthy to live under, keeping houses cool in summer
and warm in winter. This quality is well known and valued by farmers,
who will tell how cattle thrive best in the thatched barns. Thatching of
outstanding goodness is being done to-day. Excellent modern work
that has been designed and wrought by men who have realised the
possibilities and limitations of the craft may be seen in different parts
of England, and some of it has from time to time been illustrated in the
pages of The Studio.
Of the remaining drawings that accompany this article, three, from
Stoneleigh and Ashow, in Warwickshire (pp. 119, 120 and 123), show
work executed by one man. He is the representative of a long line of
thatchers, father and son for generations having followed the craft. His
work is exceptionally good and in great request. The purist may object
to the patterns and elaboration on two of the roofs, but, surrounded as
they are by modest thatching, they emphasise certain points with pur-
pose and are justified. A few years ago the charming Manor House at
Dorsington, Gloucester-
shire (p. 125), dating from
Queen Elizabeth’s time,
appeared to be a hopeless
ruin. A skilful architect
saved it from utter collapse
and restored it to some-
thing of its former state, at
the same time retaining the
manner of roof that no
doubtfirst covered it. This
is reproduced on this page.
The stone base supports a
124
latter is especially pleasing
in the original, the gables
and dormers being admira-
bly set off by the simplicity
of the main roof and un-
broken ridge-line. And,
lastly, the summer-house
from Greens Norton Hall
SUMMER-HOUSE AT GREENS NORTON HALL, TOWCESTER
DESIGNED BY C. M. C. ARMSTRONG
it with tiles, it does not last so long and the upkeep charges are greater.
It is often prohibited by certain local bye-laws. There are the difficulties
with regard to fire insurance, even though the risk of fire can be some-
what lessened by treating the straw or reeds, before use, with solution
which renders them less inflammable. But these disadvantagesaremiti-
gated, first, by the sheer beauty of the work, and it is good to know that
there will always be those who can appreciate and encourage it. It is,
too, pleasant and healthy to live under, keeping houses cool in summer
and warm in winter. This quality is well known and valued by farmers,
who will tell how cattle thrive best in the thatched barns. Thatching of
outstanding goodness is being done to-day. Excellent modern work
that has been designed and wrought by men who have realised the
possibilities and limitations of the craft may be seen in different parts
of England, and some of it has from time to time been illustrated in the
pages of The Studio.
Of the remaining drawings that accompany this article, three, from
Stoneleigh and Ashow, in Warwickshire (pp. 119, 120 and 123), show
work executed by one man. He is the representative of a long line of
thatchers, father and son for generations having followed the craft. His
work is exceptionally good and in great request. The purist may object
to the patterns and elaboration on two of the roofs, but, surrounded as
they are by modest thatching, they emphasise certain points with pur-
pose and are justified. A few years ago the charming Manor House at
Dorsington, Gloucester-
shire (p. 125), dating from
Queen Elizabeth’s time,
appeared to be a hopeless
ruin. A skilful architect
saved it from utter collapse
and restored it to some-
thing of its former state, at
the same time retaining the
manner of roof that no
doubtfirst covered it. This
is reproduced on this page.
The stone base supports a
124
latter is especially pleasing
in the original, the gables
and dormers being admira-
bly set off by the simplicity
of the main roof and un-
broken ridge-line. And,
lastly, the summer-house
from Greens Norton Hall
SUMMER-HOUSE AT GREENS NORTON HALL, TOWCESTER
DESIGNED BY C. M. C. ARMSTRONG