A thatched cottage at Ratten Row
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A thatched cottage at Ratten Row
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 20 Apr 2013
There is a date above the door of 1689. Older parts of the walls are constructed of clay and straw, a once common technique known locally as clay dabbin - only a few hundred examples survive in Cumbria today (see report by North of England Civic Trust www.nect.org.uk/_file/Cg5MieAtpj_148931.pdf ). Thatched roofs are rarely seen in north Cumbria. This one has been restored fairly recently, a photo taken in 2002 shows a roof of corrugated iron (Images of England http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=77605 ).
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Image Location
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