Fire Precautions Click to download pdf file

Planning and Thatch: Useful information and contacts

Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, HMSO

Planning Policy Guidance Note 15: Planning and the Historic Environment, 1994, HMSO, ISBN 0-11-752944-3

Charles Mynors, Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments, 4th Edition, 2006, Sweet and Maxwell

Design and Access Statements:
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
www.cabe.org.uk/AssetLibrary/8073.pdf

Local Authority Thatch Policies and Guidance Notes

English Heritage: Thatch and Thatching Guidance Note 2000
English Heritage: Thatch and Thatching in England 1790-1940, J. Moir & J.Letts, 1999
English Heritage: Smoke Blackened Thatch, John letts, 1999
www.English-Heritage.org.uk

English Heritage, National Monuments Record: www.imagesofengland.org.uk
Tel 01793 414600

Local publications on thatch e.g. Devon Thatch, by Jo Cox and John Thorp

Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, Technical Pamphlet 8, Peter Brocket and Adela Wright, The Care and Repair of Thatched Roofs
www.spab.org.uk

NMST, Thatch Fires, Marjorie Sanders article in The Building Conservation Directory, 2006. http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/allarticles.htm

The Thatchers’ Craft, Rural Development Commission, 1988