Thatched cottage, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

New Forest thatched cottage and pony, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Old thatched farmhouses in gardens at Santana, Madeira, Portugal, Europe

Ten Penny cottage, Boat Lane in the village of Welford on Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Original stone built and thatched cottage, circa 17th century, Eden Valley, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Auberge des Deux Tonneaux (Two Barrels Inn), typical ancient Norman cottage, thatched and half timbered, with tractor, Pierrefitte en Auge, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe

Wooden building with thatched roof of the Oktorp farmstead from Halland, dating from the 18th century, in the Skansen Open Air Museum, in Stockholm, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Thatched stone building housing the Cregneash Village Folk Museum on the Isle of Man, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottage with hanging baskets full of summer flowers in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Flower fronted thatched cottage, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Marigolds and dahlias in the garden of a thatched cottage in La Grande Briere, Ile de Fedrun, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe

Thomas Hardy's cottage, Bockhampton, near Dorchester, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The village green in Cavendish with the medieval St. Mary church tower and traditional pink thatched cottages, Cavendish, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottages, Otterton, south Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Brightly coloured fishing boat in the quay and thatched cottages at Ballyvaughan, County Clare, West of Ireland

Typical ancient Breton thatched house, near Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany, France, Europe

The village green in Cavendish with the medieval St. Mary church tower and traditional pink thatched cottages, Cavendish, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Croft, Old Clachan, Culloden, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottages with gardens full of summer flowers in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Anne Hathaway's cottage, Shottery, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottages at Lyndhurst in the New Forest, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottages, with the village church behind, at Welford on Avon in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Typical thatched Danish cottage exterior, Helsingor, Zealand, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Anne Hathaway's cottage (William Shakespeare's wife), Shottery, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Traditional house, Cregneash, Isle of Man,Europe

Thatched cottage at Clifton Hampden in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The cottage garden at Anne Hathaway's thatched cottage, home of Shakespeare's wife, Shottery near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ganvie lake village on Nokoue Lake, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottages with gardens full of summer flowers in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ethno village rural museum, Kumrovec, Zagorje region, Croatia, Europe

The Rising Sun hotel and thatched buildings, Lynmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cottage in spring, Houghton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Old village, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Original timber framed and thatched cottage, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Old Leanach Cottage, Culloden battlefield, near Inverness, Highland region, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottage, Selworthy, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Muhu, an island to the west of Tallinn, Estonia, Baltic States, Europe

Thatched house, Howmore, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottages with roses on the walls at Burton Bradstock in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Milltown Heritage Centre, Milltown, Ring of Kerry, County Kerry, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Cottage and flowers, Wherwell, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Anne Hathaway's cottage, Shottery, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Santana, Madeira, Portugal, Europe

Thatched cottage at The Turtle Inn, Francis Ford-Cappola's beach front hotel, Placencia, Belize, Central America

Traditional cottage detail, La Grande Briere, Morbihan, Brittany, France, Europe

Roses on the wall of a thatched cottage at Buckland, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Island of Harris, Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottages, Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cottage of Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare's wife), Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottages in Brighstone Village, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottage dating from around 1757, Mooncoin village, County Kilkenny, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Thatched cottage, Welford-upon-Avon, near Stratford, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottage, Welford-upon-Avon, near Stratford, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cottage, Boyne Valley, County Meath, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Thatched cottage, Stradbally village, County Waterford, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Thatched cottage, Ardmore, County Waterford, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Typical house with cactus fence, Kralendijk, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean, Central America

Traditional thatched house, County Waterford, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Thatched cottage, Welford-upon-Avon, near Stratford, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View of thatched cottages, Godshill Village, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Branscombe village, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Anne Hathaway's cottage, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Crofting Museum at Peingown on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Porlock Weir on the Somerset coast, England, United Kingdom, Europe

croft cottage, Isle of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, GB

Thatched Roof Cottage, Prerow, Fischland, Darss, Zingst, Baltic Sea, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany

Holiday home in Moe√∞rudalur, Road 901, Iceland, Europe

Holiday houses on Poel Island, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Cottage with thatched roof at the coast of the North Sea, Jutland, Denmark

Thatched, thatch-roof house, Sieseby, Schlei, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Old frisian house with thatched roof , Steenodde, Amrum, North Friesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Casa de Colmo, thatched farmhouse, Botanical Garden, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

Historic timber-framed house with thatched roof, old farmhouse, Jork, Altes Land area, fruit cultivation, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Haubarg Kutzenswarft, historic cottage with thatched roof in Westerhever, Eiderstedt Peninsula, North Frisia, North Sea coast, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Low German cottage garden with a rondel, box hedge, Garden phlox (Phlox paniculata) and other summer flowers, Botanical Garden Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Holiday homes, Husavik, 'house bay', Iceland, Europe

Traditional Low German-built hall house in a village street at Sagard, Ruegen island, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Cottage with a thatched roof, Inisheer, Aran Islands, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Thatched farmhouse, Bunratty Folk Park, Ennis, Shannon Region, Ireland, Europe

Historic timber-framed house with thatched roof, old farmhouse, Jork, Altes Land area, fruit cultivation, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Thatched cottages and a tea shop with souvenirs, Shanklin Old Village, Isle of Wight, southern England, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Museum, Kunstkaten, literally art cottage, Ahrenshoop, Fischland, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Farmer's cottage, thatched cottage, Guderhandviertel, Altes Land area, Lower Saxony, North Germany, Germany, Europe

Csarda, farmhouse in the Puszta, Hungary

Historic timber-framed house with thatched roof, old farmhouse, Jork, Altes Land area, fruit cultivation, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Traditional thatched roof cottage in Merthyr Mawr, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Historic, thatched half-timbered farm house, pitched roof, Altes Land, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Holiday home in Heiligenhafen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Straw covered Santana houses, Santana, Madeira, Portugal

Old farmhouse at the Funen Village open air museum, Denmark, Europe

Thatched cottage, Baltic Sea resort town of Ahrenshoop, Fischland, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

A traditional thatched holiday home on Hiddensee Island, district of Ruegen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europa

Historic thatched cottage, 400 years old, Alster Au restaurant and hotel on the Inner Alster lake in Duvenstedt district, Walddoerfer forest villages, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Norwegian cottage with a thatched roof, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Straw covered Santana houses, Santana, Madeira, Portugal

Classic, thatched house at Vejer beach, Jutland, Denmark, Europe

Gable of a summer cottage, near Mukran, thatched cottage, northeast of the Ruegen island, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe