There are many types of thatched buildings in Ireland. They include public houses and farm outbuildings, as well as traditional thatched houses.
Several thatched houses on Suffolk Street. Meath County Library.
By permission of Meath County Library.
By permission of Meath County Library.
Below are listed some of the distinguishing features of a traditional thatched house.
- A simple rectangular plan with one room opening into the next without any central corridor.
- Walls of stone or clay.
- The roof carried by the main walls or on rafters, supported by the walls.
- An open hearth at the floor level, with its chimney projecting through the roof ridge.
- Windows and doors on the side, rather than the end walls.
- A steep roof covered with thatch.