Thatcher re-thatching the roof of Alfriston Clergy House in East Sussex. The house was the first property ever acquired by the National Trust, for which it paid £10, in 1896. The fourteenth-century building was last re-thatched during the 1930s.

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Size: 1995px × 3000px
Location: Alfriston, Polegate, UK
Photo credit: © Andrew Hasson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: bushel, labour, pins, roof, roofing, straw, structure, thatched, traditional