Adorable is an adjective we don’t often associate with an architectural style, but it is the perfect description for the English Cottage. One of the several between-the-wars styles, the English ...

With its thatched-roofed and Tudor-style chimney stacks, this historic five-bedroom cottage in Essex, England, known as Gloriana, looks like something out of a fairytale. “This house is one of the ...

An English cottage with a roof thatched with straw or reeds was once considered a hallmark of poverty—fit only for those who couldn’t afford tiles or slate. Today, thatched-roof houses sell at premium ...

The view of Washington Lake was spectacular. The dilapidated shed Lynn Boughton called the "chipmunk condominium" because of the stash of nuts inside and the sound of scurrying feet she heard every ...