Home›Buildings and Structures›Material›ThatchArchitectural MaterialThatchEarthen and Traditional MaterialsReference and ClassificationDevelopingThatch is a roofing material made of dry plant stalks, typically water reed, straw, rushes or palm fronds, layered thickly and tied to a roof structure to shed water without cladding or membrane. It has been used for vernacular roofing on every inhabited continent, and its steep pitch, ordinarily forty-five degrees or more, is essential to its water-shedding performance, since a shallow thatched roof holds moisture and rots. Well-maintained water reed thatch can last several decades, and though it has largely been displaced by manufactured roofing in modern construction, it survives as a conservation and heritage material, notably on traditional cottages in England and rural dwellings across Africa and Southeast Asia.ThatchConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ThatchFilter Results11 entriesBuilding FamilyAllArchaeological Sites of Mesoamerica and Indigenous North America (1)Christian Churches and Cathedrals (3)Cottages and Small Houses (1)Factories, Mills, Breweries and Works (2)Historic Homes and Estates (Misfiled) (1)Mausoleums, Tombs and Mounds (1)Museums and Galleries (1)Museums of Europe (1)Other and Multi-Faith Sites (1)StyleAllCottage orné (1)Japanese Traditional Architecture (1)Perpendicular Gothic Architecture (1)Traditional Architecture (1)Building TypeAllArchaeological site (Native American city site) (1)Chapel (1)Church (1)Communal Meeting House (1)Cottage orné (1)Historic house museum (1)House (1)Museum (1)Royal tomb complex (thatched dome structure) (1)Shinto Shrine (1)Tower mill (1)Completed YearAll-4 (1)1050 (1)1308 (1)1810 (1)1822 (1)1882 (1)1970 (1)2013 (1)Standing StatusAllStanding (10)Under Construction or Never Completed (1)GroupAllArchaeological Sites of Mesoamerica and Indigenous North America (1)Christian Churches and Cathedrals (3)Cottages and Small Houses (1)Factories, Mills, Breweries and Works (2)Historic Homes and Estates (Misfiled) (1)Mausoleums, Tombs and Mounds (1)Museums of Europe (1)Other and Multi-Faith Sites (1)PlaceAllIndonesia (1)Ireland (1)Japan (1)Uganda (1)United Kingdom (6)United States (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 11All Saints' Church, BillockbyThatchBaileoThatchCahokia MoundsThatchChard MuseumThatchIse ShrineThatchKasubi TombsThatchLoughwood Meeting HouseThatchStembridge Mill, High HamThatchSwiss Cottage, CahirThatchThe Ice House, Great YarmouthThatchThe Priest's House, MuchelneyThatchConnectionsSeen InAll Saints' Church, Billockby, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source All Saints' Church, Billockby (Wikipedia)Baileo, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Baileo (Wikipedia)Cahokia Mounds, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Cahokia - WikipediaChard Museum, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Chard Museum (Wikipedia)Ise Shrine, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Ise Grand Shrine (Wikipedia)Kasubi Tombs, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Kasubi Tombs (Wikipedia)tier 3Loughwood Meeting House, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Loughwood Meeting House (Wikipedia)Stembridge Mill, High Ham, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Stembridge Mill, High Ham (Wikipedia)Swiss Cottage, Cahir, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Swiss Cottage, Cahir (Wikipedia)The Ice House, Great Yarmouth, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source The Ice House, Great Yarmouth (Wikipedia)The Priest's House, Muchelney, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source The Priest's House, Muchelney (Wikipedia)SourcesWikipediaWikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Thatching, Lead sectionThatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.Wikipedia: Thatching, History sectionThatching methods have traditionally been passed down from generation to generation and numerous descriptions of the materials and methods used in Europe over the past four centuries survive in archives and early publications.View the SourceSwiss Cottage, Cahir (Wikipedia)Seen In: Swiss Cottage, Cahir, Article bodyQuote, Seen In: Swiss Cottage, Cahir, Article bodyan ornate thatched roofView the SourceThe Ice House, Great Yarmouth (Wikipedia)Seen In: The Ice House, Great Yarmouth, Article bodyQuote, Seen In: The Ice House, Great Yarmouth, Article bodyThe building consists of gault brick under a half-hipped thatched roofView the SourceChard Museum (Wikipedia)Seen In: Chard Museum, Article textQuote, Seen In: Chard Museum, Article textThe museum is housed in a 16th-century thatched building which was originally four cottages.View the SourceIse Grand Shrine (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationSeen In: Ise Shrine, Wikipedia leadQuote, Seen In: Ise Shrine, Wikipedia leadThe shrine buildings are made of solid cypress wood and use no nails, instead being joined with wood.View the SourceThe Priest's House, Muchelney (Wikipedia)Seen In: The Priest's House, Muchelney, Wikipedia leadQuote, Seen In: The Priest's House, Muchelney, Wikipedia leadThe thatched stone building is rented to a tenant and has limited public access.View the SourceStembridge Mill, High Ham (Wikipedia)Seen In: Stembridge Mill, High Ham, Wikipedia leadQuote, Seen In: Stembridge Mill, High Ham, Wikipedia leadThe stone tower mill was built in 1822 with four floors and a thatched "cap".View the SourceBaileo (Wikipedia)WikipediaSeen In: Baileo, Wikipedia leadQuote, Seen In: Baileo, Wikipedia leadIt is traditionally built from local materials such as planked timber, cement, stone or brick with wood shingle, and thatch or zinc roof.View the SourceKasubi Tombs (Wikipedia)tier 3Wikimedia FoundationSeen In: Kasubi Tombs, Wikipedia articleQuote, Seen In: Kasubi Tombs, Wikipedia articleIt was originally constructed from wooden poles, reed wattle and daub, topped by a thick thatched dome, with straw resting on 52 rings of palm fronds (representing the 52 traditional clans of the Baganda people).View the SourceCahokia - WikipediaSeen In: Cahokia Mounds, Wikipedia articleQuote, Seen In: Cahokia Mounds, Wikipedia articleCahokian domestic structures were generally of pole-and-thatch construction and followed rectangular footprints.View the SourceAll Saints' Church, Billockby (Wikipedia)Seen In: All Saints' Church, Billockby, Article textQuote, Seen In: All Saints' Church, Billockby, Article textIt is of flint with ashlar dressings, and has a thatched roof; the interior includes an octagonal 15th-century font.View the SourceLoughwood Meeting House (Wikipedia)Seen In: Loughwood Meeting House, Article textQuote, Seen In: Loughwood Meeting House, Article textThe building is of stone rubble with buttresses and a thatched roof.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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