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A History of the County of Sussex
… by modern brick walls. The roof, steep-pitched for thatch, is now tiled. The heavy tie-beam is chamfered and the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… comprises groups of cottages of rubble and brick, with thatch, tile, or slate roofs, which line the Wheatley road as …
A History of the County of Somerset
… house in Lidmarsh, formerly known as Greystones and Combe Thatch, is a small 17th-century building enlarged and altered …
A History of the County of Hertford
… also near by another 'parcell of buildinge' covered with thatch, 44 ft. by 15 ft., with 'three severall roomes upon …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the usual roofing material on the older buildings, though thatch was still widespread in the mid 20th century. 60 The use of thatch presumably exacerbated a disastrous fire in 1687, …