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The final straw for thatched cottages? Treasured feature of chocolate-box villages is under threat as war in Ukraine, ...
They are the architectural epitome of Englishness. But the thatched cottage, a treasured feature of chocolate-box villages, is under threat, conservationists have warned. A perfect storm of soggy summers, outdated machinery, the war in Ukraine and Brexit …