Thatched holiday cottage in Ballyvaughan, County Clare, West of Ireland

Quaint Tudor style half-timbered cottage at Eardisland, Herefordshire, UK

Hill Farm at Easedale near Grasmere in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK

Dresser in historic cottage of Dan O'Hara, evicted by the British and forced to emigrate, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland

Historic monument cottage of Dan O'Hara, evicted by the British and forced to emigrate, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland

Derelict traditional period old stone cottage overgrown and in need of renovation at Tallow, County Waterford, Ireland

Cottage home of Patrick Pearse, Irish rebel leader, now a National Monument near Ros Muc, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland

Rose Cottage at Helston on the Helford Estuary, Cornwall, England, UK

Stacks of turf, in a process called footing, drying on peat bog, by Lough Inagh, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland

Hamlet on Kvaloya Island near Sommeroy in Arctic Circle Northern Norway

Derelict old period cottage in need of renovation near The Burren at Kilfenora, County Clare, West of Ireland

Derelict old period stone cottage rundown and in need of renovation, County Clare, West of Ireland

Homes nestling at the foot of the Maumturk Mountains near Recess, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland

Quaint cottage called Chapel End in Helston overlooking the Helford Estuary, Cornwall, England, UK

Homes and fishing huts in hamlet across fjord from Sandneshamnvegen 862 on Kvaloya Island, Tromso, Arctic Circle, Northern Norway

Swans on River Coln by Arlington Row cottages traditional almshouses in Bibury, Gloucestershire, The Cotswolds, UK

Quaint cottage with wall mounted postbox in Anchor, Shropshire, United Kingdom

Gooseberries, Ribes grossularia, in English cottage garden in Swinbrook in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Traditional Cotswold stone cottage on the High Street in the popular country town of Burford in the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Old Tythe Cottage front door at Happisburgh, Norfolk, United Kingdom

Traditional cottage front door and doorway, Stanton village, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Firemen pump water out of flooded home in Naunton, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Thatched cottage in Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Cotswolds cottage and fenced front garden, Burford, Oxfordshire, UK

Typical cottage doorway and porch with aubretia shrubs in Stanton village, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Cotswolds cottage and fenced front garden, Burford, Oxfordshire, UK

Shetland Isles, Scotland.

Terraced cottages in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Thatched cottage in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Anne Hathaway's Cottage, birthplace and childhood home of Shakespeare's future wife, Shottery village, near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Colorful architecture in Roseau, Dominica, Windward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Home improvement, cottage renovation and newly built dry stone wall constructed of new Cotswold stone by traditional methods at period property, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, Cotswolds, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Traditional white thatched Danish cottage and garden with picket fence, Gilleleje, Kattegat Coast, Zealand, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Thatched cottage and daffodils in the Exmoor village of Selworthy, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Pretty thatched cottage in summer, near Crediton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Home improvement, a renovation project restoring a 17th century Cotswold old stone cottage in Swinbrook in the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Saffron Walden, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ancient farm house and pond, granite walls and slate roof, Bubry village, near Hennebont, Morbihan, Brittany, France, Europe

Quaint cottage dwelling and old stone barn at Auchindrain, Highland farming township settlement and village folklore museum at Furnace near Inveraray in the Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Croft, Fair Isle, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Summer morning sunshine glows on the terraced cottages at Bucklers Hard, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottage and daffodils in the Exmoor village of Selworthy, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottages in the picturesque village of Selworthy, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Snowdonia National Park, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

The Ugly House, Ty Hyll, Snowdonia National Park, Snowdonia, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Quaint traditional Highland cottage in patriotic blue and white colours to match Scottish flag, near Linicro in the Highlands of Scotland, United Kingodm, Europe

Thatched cottages in Milton Abbas, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottage old stone home at Auchindrain Highland farming township settlement and village folklore museum at Furnace near Inveraray in the Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Solitary whitewashed croft cottage across the Sound of Sleat with Knoydart mountain behind, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides and Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Timber houses, Vaderoarna (The Weather Islands) archipelago, Bohuslan region, west coast, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Black Rock Cottage and Buachaille Etive Mor, Glen Coe, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

House with Saltire Flag, Isle of Eriskay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottage and hostel, Isle of Berneray, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Roosevelt Cottage at Roosevelt Campobello International Park on Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada, North America

Blackrock Cottage, Glencoe, Highland Region, Scotland, Europe

A wintery scene at Black Rock cottage and Buachaille Etive Mor on Rannoch Moor, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Isolated cottage in the Glencoe Valley during winter snow storm, Glencoe, Highland Region, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Winter storm and Blackrock Cottage, Glencoe, Highland Region, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The classic English village of Welford-on-Avon with the thatched Ten Penny cottage alongside Boat Lane, Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Fishing boat and cottage above the cobbled slipway at Penberth Cove, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Fisherman's cottage at Penberth Cove, Cornwall, England, United kingdom, Europe

Whitewashed cottage at the picturesque fishing village of Mousehole, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Anne Hathaway's Cottage, a thatched cottage and cottage garden, Shottery, near Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Anne Hathaway's Cottage, a thatched cottage in a cottage garden, Shottery, near Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Bibury Weavers Cottages, Arlington Row, Bibury, The Cotswolds, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Pink washed thatched cottage at Widecombe, near Torquay, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottage, County Clare, Munster, Eire (Republic of Ireland), Europe

Colourful village houses, Culross, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched cottage, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Homes nestling at the foot of the Twelve Bens mountain range in Connemara National Park, County Galway, Ireland

Swan on River Coln by Arlington Row cottages traditional almshouses in Bibury, Gloucestershire in The Cotswolds, UK

Traditional homestead with mailbox, North Island, New Zealand

View of road through the Glencoe Valley at dusk, Glencoe, Highland Region, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Hill farm near Ambleside in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK

Traditional homestead with mailbox, North Island, New Zealand

Creole dwelling, Terre de Haut, Guadeloupe, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Garenin Black House village, Garenin (Gearranan), west coast of Lewis, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

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

Date 1676 of traditional 17th Century cottage of old Cotswold stone at Taynton in The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, UK

Cottage in the main street of the village, Broadway, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ivy covered cottage, Town of Borris, County Carlow, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Traditional French cottage at Rivarennes, Loire Valley, France

Holiday cottages along The Wash estuary in Snettisham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom

Cottage beside Village Bay, St. Kilda, Western Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Mary Arden's House, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Jamaica Inn Hotel, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, West Indies, Central America

Hilltop, the home of Beatrix Potter, from the kitchen garden, Near Sawrey, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Scotland, Highlands, Glencoe, croft by mountains

Cottages in Langdale Pass surrounded by Langdale Pikes in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK

English cottage garden in Swinbrook in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Wisteria fronted cottage, Broadway, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Willowherb and a small house overlooking Harstad Bay, north Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Old farming cottage, West coast, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

A traditional Cornish fisherman's cottage at Penberth Cove, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Detail of cottage and garden, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Flowers in front of Briars Pavilion, the house where Napoleon stayed from October to December 1815, on St. Helena, Mid Atlantic

Crofts, Isle of Canna, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, 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