Thatching is the craft of covering a roof with vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes and heather. It is probably the oldest roofing material and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates.
reed used in thatching
keep or donjon
A freestanding defense tower in a castle complex. Compare with motte-and-bailey ...
Combed wheat Reed - the most common method of thatching in our area. Straw is used, rather than water reed as the name suggests.
Bottle - a tied bundle of thatching material. More specifically, it refers to tightly tied smaller bundles used to form the eaves.
Augustine were made of wood with palm thatching. None of these survived. The González-Alvarez House we see today has been remodeled. When it was built in the early 1700s, the González-Alvarez House probably had one story and a flat roof.
Arundo conspicua, Chionochloa conspicua, toitoi, toetoe - used by Maoris for thatching
Arundo donax, giant reed - large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery panicles ...
Shingle, tiles, or composition roofs laid in irregular patterns and varying colors to suggest thatching
Stucco, brick, or stone siding or a combination of the three
Steep gables
Prominent chimneys
Casement windows with small panes
Low doors ...
 See also: Architecture, House, Ridge, Pitch, Stucco
  
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