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Country Mouse
Country Life UK
|July 30, 2025
THIS is our third summer living in a house with a thatched roof. According to local myth, fleeing Royalists hid their weapons there after the bloody Battle of Cheriton in 1644.
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Every year, members of the Sealed Knot file past to mark the anniversary before spending the afternoon at the Flower Pots, the local pub. In our time here, we've realised that straw has the thermal efficiency of an 18-tog duvet and not only keeps you as snug as a bug in winter, but is also blissfully cool on hot days. What's more, thatched
This story is from the July 30, 2025 edition of Country Life UK.
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