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I truly love the craft and I hope the love I have for the job shines through in the pictures you see in the gallery of my work. South Cerney Village Hall is being highlighted today as part of our lead up to the national Village Halls Week beginning January 20th in 2020! We want this to be the biggest celebration yet and by highlighting different village halls throughout the county we hope this will inspire others to showcase their buildings during the week. I have been a thatcher for many many years. The Parish Council has been vigilant with its finances and carefully planned for this eventuality by putting aside an annual sum so that when it came to rethatching, there was enough in the kitty to facilitate this. Half of the roof was rethatched in 2012 and the second half was rethatched recently at a cost of £25,000. This Summer we rented a thatched roof cottage in the village of Broadway in the heart of the beautiful English Cotswolds. For the downstairs, she chose Farrow & Balls much-loved Setting Plaster for the walls, which imparts a. Bretforton is best known for The Fleece Inn, a 15th-century pub with historic interiors and loads of atmosphere. I love walking around the narrow streets here and soaking up all their little details. In recent years a new Sports/Community facility has been built in another part of the village and this beautifully complements the long established Hall. This place has thatched-roof cottages, historic churches, and half-timbered pubs dating back centuries. These activities cater for all ages and abilities. With an overall capacity of 120 the hall hosts many activities including Pilates, Children’s/Adult’s parties, club meetings, art groups and much more. The hall is Grade II listed and is stunning to look at from the outside but it is far more than just its thatched roof. English: Thatched Roof Cottage, Cotswolds, England (2016) Date: 20 April 2016, 05:10:45: Source: Own work: Author: Peter K Burian: Licensing. Its famous thatched roof has remained largely unchanged ever since. The hall was officially opened on Saturday 6th June 1925 in South Cerney which is a large village within the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire and is located three miles from Cirencester. Over most of this area, long straw was the dominant. The barn was between two hundred and three hundred years old before the conversion. The roofs are not quite so rounded as in counties further south but much thatching has a gentle curve. The Thatched Cottage Museum in the Suffolk village of Bardwell is an example of a traditional English thatched cottage. The materials are locally sourced and biodegradable. Thatching is also energy-efficient, as straw or reed helps calibrate the indoor temperature. It sounds like something out of a fairy tale but this community building has been part of South Cerney since the 1920s when it was converted from an ancient barn to a village hall. Thatched roofing is resilient and long-lasting, having a 50-year lifespan.

What is its intrigue you may ask? Well, this hall is the only village hall in Gloucestershire with a thatched roof. Located in a village within the south Cotswolds lays an intriguing building available to anyone within the community. Gloucestershire’s Only Village Hall with a Thatched Roof