View of thatched roof, ridge and stone weights above entrance door; 2 Luib, Skye.
DP 241104
Description View of thatched roof, ridge and stone weights above entrance door; 2 Luib, Skye.
Date 12/6/2015
Collection Records of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, London, England
Catalogue Number DP 241104
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content 19th century cottage listed as having a ‘piended thatched roof’. The cottage, which is now the last thatched building in the village of Luib, has been renamed and restored as a holiday let. The roof appears to be thatched in reed with a continuous straw ridge, and the ridge has been sobed with two horizontal rows of straw, secured to the ridge by entwined straw. The roof is entirely netted, including across the ridge, which has been weighted by stones hanging from the netting by wire at the eaves. Additionally, the netting has been secured by metal pegs that have been driven into the roof. Above the door and window openings on the front elevation of the cottage, the stones have been secured to the netting just above the eaves, as opposed to hanging below.
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