Thatch Collection

Nipa Houses near Manila, Philippines
Nipa Stilt Houses (also known as bahay kubo, is an indigenous house used in the Philippines. The native house is constructed out of bamboo tied together)

Irish Homestead - Bray, Ireland Date: 1907

Chilean Indian Woman weaving a blanket on a frame set against the thatched roof of her house Date: circa 1904

Crofters House, Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Monemore, Killin, Scotland
A row of old low cottages at Monemore, Killin, Striling, Scotland Date: circa 1907

Cottage on Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
A cottage on the island of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, northern Scotland, with inhabitants and cattle. Date: 1936

Thatched Village 1930S
Thatch cottages in the village of Wroxton in the Cotswolds, England

Young crofter with his dog, Shetland, Scotland. Date: circa 1960s

Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, East Africa
Mweya Safari Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, East Africa. Date: circa 1954

Stacking Reed for Thatch
Stacking reeds to dry at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire. Once they have dried, they will be used for thatching roofs

Thatching The Rest a cottage at Selworthy Green, Somerset (for a more recent - 1950s! - view, see 10826269). Date: circa 1920s

Mary MacDonald outside her crofters cottage, Outer Hebrides
Portrait of Miss Mary MacDonald, a very old lady - now deceased - outside her thatched crofters cottage, or Black House, Outer Hebrides. Scotland. See also PD000264 - ME No. 12445824 Date: circa 1986

Congo - Mangbetu Village, Ekibondo - Decorated hut
Congo - Mangbetu Village, Ekibondo - a Decorated hut with conical thatched roof. Date: circa 1920s

Cottages at Selworthy Green, Somerset. Date: circa 1930s

Seaside Cottage, Sutton Poyntz
A photograph of a quaint rubble stone seaside cottage at the village of Sutton Poyntz, Dorset, designed with local straw reed thatch, by architect Ernest Wamsley Lewis. Date: circa 1937

Smuggler's Way, Highcliffe
A photograph showing a distant view of Smuggler's Way, the building of this house began in 1925, but through use of old materials, including oak, bricks and tiles from ancient barns

West Chiltington Thatch Cottage
A photograph of nutshell thatch cottage at West Chiltington, near Pulborough, a small residence which attracted motorists who desire to escape from towns at the weekend. Date: circa 1929

West Chiltington Cottage
A photograph of a distant thatch cottage at West Chiltington Common, close to Pulborough in Sussex, within sight of the South Downs. Date: circa 1929

Cottage at West Chiltington
A photograph of a thatch cottage, a new build from the time of the photo, erected at West Chiltington, a village in Horsham, West Sussex. Date: circa 1929

Cotswolds postman delivering parcel, 1938
Cotwolds postman delivering a parcel to a woman over a cottage gate in 1938. He is riding a pony and has parcels of a variety of shapes to deliver, including a dead unplucked goose. Date: 1938

Vintage 19th century photograph - entrance to the St Gotthard tunnel, railway line, Switzerland

Earthquake damage in Japan c. 1890, collapsed houses
19th century vintage photograph: earthquake damage in Japan c.1890, collapsed houses in a town

Valley view, Meiringen, Switzerland
Vintage 19th century photograph - Meiringen is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland

SE Asia, probably Malay peninsula, traditional houses
Vintage 19th century photograph: South East Asia, probably Malay peninsula, traditional houses with straw roofs, thatch and street scene

Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: pyramid at Gizeh and the Sphinx
Vintage 19th century photograph, Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: the great pyramid at Gizeh and the Sphinx

Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: Dahshur Dashoor Pyramids
Vintage 19th century photograph, Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: Dahshur Dashoor Pyramids

Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: pyramids of Sakkarah, Saqqara
Vintage 19th century photograph, Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: pyramids of Sakkarah, Saqqara, step pyramid

Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: pyramids of Gizeh
Vintage 19th century photograph, Francis Frith, Egypt, 1857: pyramids of Gizeh

Merchant Street, Rangoon Burma, Yangon, Myanmar
Vintage 19th century photograph: Merchant Street, Rangoon Burma, Yangon, Myanmar

View of Tonosawa Japan with footbridge
19th century vintage photograph - view of Tonosawa Japan with footbridge in the foreground, image, c.1880 s, Kimbei studio

View of Tonosawa Japan
19th century vintage photograph - view of Tonosawa Japan with footbridge in the foreground, image, c.1880 s, Kimbei studio

Village street scene, Ceylon, now Sri Lanka
19th century vintage photograph - village street scene, Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, image c.1880 s

Ainu people and house, Hokkaido, Japan
19th century vintage photograph - 19th century vintage photograph - view of Inos Island Ainu, Aino island Japan - Ainu people were indegenous to the northern island now known as Hokkaido

Train station with steam engine, India, c. 1880s
19th century vintage photograph - large group of Indians and Europeans at a train station with steam engine, India, c.1880s

Pyramid of Cheops, Giza, Egypt, c. 1890 s
Vintage 19th century photograph: Egypt c.1880s - pyramid of Cheops, Giza, Egypt, c.1890 s, Lekegian studio

Town and harbour of Kobe. Japan
Vintage 19th century photograph Japan c.1890 - view of the town and harbour of Kobe

Farmhouse and farm faimily, Japan
19th century vintage photograph: farmhouse and farm faimily, Japan

Farm workers resting beside a haystack, Somerset
Vintage 19th century photograph - farm workers resting beside a large haystack, Nettlecombe, Somerset

Tubou College, Nukualofa, Tongatabu, Tonga
19th century vintage photograph: Tubou College, Nukualofa, Tongatabu, Tonga, Burton Bros studio, c.1884

Glen, Frome, Stapleton, Bristol
circa 1910s

Steps at Negishi, Yokohama, Japan
Steps at Negishi, Yokohama, . Vintage 19th century photograph

Village scene - Nunnington in Yorkshire, wooden bridge
Village scene - Nunnington in Yorkshire with wooden pedestrian bridge over the river. Vintage 19th century photograph

Farm workers picking tea, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Miyanoshita Road, Hakone. Vintage 19th century photograph

Blacksmith / farriers smithy Kinlochchewe Ross-shire Scotland
Vintage 19th century photograph: The blacksmith or farriers smithy at Kinlochchewe Ross-shire Scotland thatched roof

Miyagino Village, now probably Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Japan
Miyagino Village, now probably Miyagino-ku in the city of Sendai, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Regency designs for wooden chin pieces for falling animals
Regency designs for wooden chin pieces to protect animals when they fall, and to keep away boring Christians. The Puzzle for the Dog, The Puzzle for the Horse, The Puzzle for Turk, Frenchman, or

Tools used in roof thatching, West Country, UK
Tools used in roof thatching in the West Country, UK. Date: circa 1960s

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